Okay … I went back and pulled out my last summary of version 1.0 of the Ryan “Path to Prosperity” budget and added in the figures he’s proposing in his “version 2.0” of the Path to Prosperity. It’s startling. Before you start
Republicans can carp about Democrats rushing things through Congress, but Republicans are just as guilty if more more guilty of that tactic. This week, Republicans in Congress are set to vote (HCONRES112) to eliminate Medicare as you know it, and use the
by Xiomara Rodriguez Vazquez on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 11:19am This is a question I have been asked frequently. I have asked myself the same question many, many times. The answer is not a simple one; it could be answered in an ideological way. But the
SCHEDULE: 9:00 AM – NRDC Mtg 10:00 AM – NSDP Committee Meetings 11:30 AM – NSDP Executive Board Meeting 1:00 PM – General Session of NSDP Central Committee Get the minutes from the December 2011 meeting. Download the agenda for the March
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2012 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 Administration actions saved consumers up to $323 million Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that consumers will soon begin receiving unprecedented information on the value of their
Tell Congress: Save the post office. This is NO time to close down post offices across rural America and cut 220,000 jobs! We need to save the post office. The Postmaster General wants to close over half of the mail processing centers and
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
For those of you who are disturbed by the extraordinary influence of money being dumped into the election process by special interest groups and other unknown parties, a new tool is now available as a ProPublica project. ProPublica published a new page
Jim Hightower | Buying Our Future Jim Hightower, Op-Ed: “Already, four of the top GOP presidential contenders have dropped out. Michele Bachmann went first, because she was too wacky, followed by Jon Huntsman, because he was too sane. Herman Cain gave up
A national effort in support of the DREAM Act takes place tomorrow (Monday, January 30) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. People from all around the country will be calling their congressional delegation and asking them to support the DREAM Act. Here
