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...
Super Congress Republicans dig in on no tax increases, Democrats still talk concessions
The Super Congress is getting far less super and far more catfood as the deadline for a plan gets closer. While the lead Republican on the committee says Republicans have gone as far as they're willing to go and are already planning to sabotage the tri...
The Republican Party’s time has come— and gone
The Republican Party needs to be put out of its misery. A functioning Republic needs at least one opposition party, but the current and likely final iteration of the Republican Party is not it. The current iteration of the Democratic Party could be it...
How Democrats should handle Occupy Wall Street
Democrats, for very practical reasons, are cautious about embracing Occupy Wall Street. After all, the vast majority of Democratic political fundraising, from President Obama on down, comes from the top 1 percent. Without such money, Democrats would h...
