Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH12], on Oct 6, 2011, proposed HR 3123, the American Job Creation and Investment Act of 2011. The title may imply the bill will have some meaningful efforts to promote job creation, but when you read the bill’s description, you’ll quickly learn
The debate over raising the debt ceiling and deficit reduction is coming down to the wire. Despite the fact that Democrats control the White House and the Senate, it is right-wing Republicans who are calling the shots and setting the agenda. Unless
It’s becoming every more evident that Republicans are willing to tank the economy for their perceived electoral benefit. And they’re willing to drive our economy into another recession rather than raise taxes on the Koch brothers. If anything we should be expanding
Again, are these guys illiterate? Can they not read or do they think we’re too stupid to read? Remember the Ryan Budget (HConRes34)? 235 of 239 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of passage of the Ryan Budget. All 40 Republican
Your Social Security benefits are under attack by politicians in Washington. They want to: Cut Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to reduce the deficit. But Social Security doesn’t contribute a penny to the deficit. Raid Social Security by using your contributions to
It’s been190 days since the GOP took control of the House using a “Jobs” campaign message … and we’re still waiting on a Republican jobs bill. Democratic Senators are urging that job-creation measures be included in the final debt reduction deal resulting from
If last night’s vote in NY-26, a seriously red district in western New York, said anything, it’s that Rep. Ryan’s Path to Poverty (for the middle class and seniors) is an absolute non-starter with the American public. Yet a number of Republicans
In 2009 President Obama announced that he would increase the number of troops in Afghanistan, but that he would begin drawing them down in July 2011. In a speech given in December 2009, President Obama told the nation: “The 30,000 additional troops
I realize that it’s April 1st — April Fools Day — but today, the House Majority Leader, Rep. Eric Cantor, introduced HR 1255: To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by
