Republicans manufacture a crisis for the Postal Service, and too many Democrats go along
Hold one thought in your mind every time you read about the "crisis" the U.S. Postal Service is in: There is a crisis, but it's a manufactured one. If Congress wasn't busy applying the Shock Doctrine, the postal service would face a challenge, bu...
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Heinrich & Griego win vote at New Mexico Democratic convention
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• NM-Sen, NM-01: New Mexico Democrats held what they call their pre-primary convention on Saturday, where delegates vote ...
Bernie Sanders proposes to ax fossil-fuel subsidies and add 10 million sun-powered rooftops
Bernie Sanders used to be Congressman-at-large from Vermont. Now he's Vermont's junior Senator. In so many ways, however, he's the nation's Senator-at-large, showing the way when so many others in Congress have lost theirs.
While a good chunk of Congre...
Affordable Care Act means $28 million in grants for community health centers
Thank you, Senator Bernie Sanders.
(Brian Snyder/Reuters)
As a direct result of his amendment to the Affordable Health Care Act, we got this story from The Hill:
The Health and Human Services Department announced $28 million in grants Tuesday to help...
Bernie Sanders: No
(Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Well, the vote won't be unanimous in the Senate.
From his web site:
Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after he voted against a Senate deficit- reduction proposal:
"The Republicans have been absolutely det...
Hoyer joins Pelosi in opposition to entitlement benefit cuts
Some good news from House Democrats on the debt ceiling fight. House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, who often seems to carry water for the more conservative members of the Democratic House caucus, has united with Nancy Pelosi in opposition to cutting So...
