‘Super Committee’ crashes and burns
Turns out the over-hyped Congressional “Super Committee” wasn’t so super. In fact, it was a dud. The joint House and Senate committee, charged with coming up with a plan to…
Debt talks collapse as deadline nears
Partisan bickering drove a wedge into deficit reduction efforts by the so-called Congressional “super committee” Friday as next week’s Wednesday deadline looms. “We in trouble,” a committee staff member told…
GOP deficit plan: Limit deductions, tax health insurance
Republicans are looking at limiting deductions for mortgage interest, charitable donations and other traditional areas as well as taxing employer-provided health benefits as ways to raise taxes without calling it…
Can Congress make a deal on debt-reduction? Maybe, maybe not
Is the Congressional “super committee” charged with crafting a debt-reduction compromise stalled in a partisan mess or are they making progress towards a deal? Depends on who you talk to.…
Public’s opinion of government: ‘You stink!’
Americans may be sharply divided on many fronts but they can agree when it comes those who run the government. Congress stinks and anyone who seeks or holds public office…
Obama: Republicans would ‘cripple’ America
President Barack Obama continued his march to the left Sunday, unleashing a blistering attack against Republicans, charging them with trying to “cripple” America through what he called regressive policies. “From…
House Republicans embarrass their leaders with funding rejection
Rebellious Republicans thumbed their noses at their leaders in the House of Representative Wednesday and defeated a GOP-sponsored bill that would have funded the federal government beyond Sept. 30. The…
Republicans to Obama: That deficit dog won’t hunt
No one expected Congressional Republicans to embrace President Barack Obama‘s massive deficit reduction plan after he unveiled it Monday in a Rose Garden address. Everyone was right on that guess.…
Jobs plan gets some support from House Republicans
Sounding cooperative but drawing a firm line on tax increases, House Republican leaders said on Friday they see some areas of possible agreement with President Barack Obama on his jobs…
Boehner disses Obama jobs plan
The top Republican in Congress on Thursday dismissed President Barack Obama‘s jobs-creation package as a “poor substitute” for policies that would boost the economy and ruled out tax increases as…
