Sourced from Politico.com By DAVID ROGERS | 3/29/12 6:44 PM EDT Split along party lines, the House approves 228-191. Split along party lines, the House approved a new Republican-backed budget Thursday that promises to cut by half the 10-year deficits forecast by President Barack Obama but also walks away from the landmark debt accords hammered [...]
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28 Mar
The Founding Fathers Loved Health Care Mandates
Sourced from AMERICAblog By Jon Green 28 March 2012 In light of the Supreme Court hearing arguments this week about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and the individual mandate, it seems appropriate to revisit a New England Journal of Medicine article from January concerning the mandate’s legality. The article, like others that cite [...]
28 Mar
My pet Mitt
Sourced from WAPO.com by DANA MILBANK • MARCH 23, 2012 In Washington, even the dogs are pundits. My dog, a two-year-old golden retriever/poodle mix named Z.Z., had her cable news debut this week, on MSNBC’s “The Last Word.” Host Lawrence O’Donnell had us on set to discuss Z.Z.’s membership in Dogs Against Romney. Z.Z. lay [...]
28 Mar
Paul Ryan’s Budget Proposals Have Too High a Cost
Sourced from The Wall Street Journal — Letter to the Editor By John Gage National President American Federation of Government Employees Washington Regarding Daniel Henninger’s “Ryan’s Hat Is in the Ring” (Wonder Land, March 22): The House Republican budget proposed March 20 by Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) is an astounding act of irresponsibility. It [...]
27 Mar
Health Care: Will We Take Care of Our Own?
You’d think the people camping out to get tickets were in line for Bruce Springsteen’s tour for his new album. But no, they were groupies for a ringside seat to the most important debate of our tim… via Health Care: Will We Take Care of Our Own?.
27 Mar
RYAN BUDGET REDUX
Sourced from Politico.org By SCOTT WONG | 3/19/12 7:44 AM EDT (swong@politico.com or @scottwongDC) With an assist from Kevin Robillard DRIVING THE WEEK: RYAN BUDGET REDUX — “Congress is preparing to renew its bitter fight over government spending, as both parties eagerly await the arrival Tuesday of a new budget plan authored by Republican Rep. [...]
25 Mar
How Paul Ryan sold his budget plan
Sourced from Poltico.com The sales job on this Ryan budget is a far cry from last year’s rollout. John Shinkle/POLITICO By JAKE SHERMAN 3/22/12 The Paul Ryan budget was a political disaster last year for Republicans. This year the GOP had a much more methodical, careful rollout. The party polled on Medicare in 50 battleground [...]
25 Mar
Wells Fargo and Other Megabanks Don’t Care About Your Business — So Move Your Money!B
Sourced from alternet.org by JAKE BLUMGART | MARCH 19, Last month banking goliath Wells Fargo, the big bank with most branches nationwide, announced another round of fees on basic checking accounts. Customers in six states will have to pay $7 a month if they receive paper statements, $5 if they get them online. The fees [...]
22 Mar
Exposed: Massive New Spy Center Built to Track Your Emails and Phone Calls
Sourced from AlterNet.org by AMY GOODMAN, NERMEEN SHAIKH, JAMES BAMFORD • MARCH 21, 2012 The following is a transcript of a Democracy Now! segment on revelations that the NSA is building a massive new spy center. NERMEEN SHAIKH: A new exposé in Wired Magazine has revealed new details about how the National Security Agency is quietly building the largest spy center [...]
19 Mar
Why Does It Seem Everything Republicans Say And Do Is A Trick Or Lie?
Sourced from ourfuture.org By Dave Johnson In today’s Progressive Breakfast: Republicans say student-loan interest rates are high because of “Obamacare.” House Republicans are trying to block the Violence Against Women act, using a ruse. They oppose the Dream Act and offer a false compromise to make it look like they support the concept. And that’s [...]
