The Ryan Medicare-killing plan is back, and Democrats will use it
They're back: Rep. Paul Ryan and his plan to end Medicare. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
How committed to ending Medicare is the Republican Party? Committed enough to resurrect the Medicare voucher plan of Rep. Paul Ryan, the plan that enraged seniors and...
Indiana Democrats within striking distance of stopping union-busting legislation
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Thirty-seven Indiana Democrats are on their third day of denying Republicans the 67-member quorum necessary to proceed with union-busting "right to work" legislation in the Indiana House of Representatives. The Democr...
Republicans aren’t job creators
Just in case anybody (yeah, I'm talking about you, Mitt Romney) tries to blame President Obama and the Democratic Party for the mess created by George W. Bush and the Republican Party, here's a handy chart that shows which party has a better track reco...
AFL-CIO warns Super Congress Democrats against voting with Republicans
The AFL-CIO is organizing to pressure Super Congress Democrats to not sell out working families by cutting a deal with Republicans. The labor federation sent out an email and is pushing a petition alluding to the significant danger should one Democrat...
Rep. Jeb Hensarling to Super Congress Democrats: Privatize Medicare, then we’ll talk
Would you buy a used car from Rep. Jeb Hensarling? (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, responding to uproar over his no tax increases for the rich remarks from last night, has bent. A little. And has he got a deal for Democrats.
“Somethi...
Does Republican refusal to raise taxes mean game over for the Super Congress?
Maybe, just maybe, the antics of Rep. Jeb Hensarling and his merry band of nihilists have opened up Democratic eyes to what the Catfood Commission II cannot accomplish in its remaining days. Just a reminder of the Republican plan currently on the table...
