9 May 2012
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0Tomorrow, the House is expected to vote on a budget that if passed, will cut funds to essential programs for struggling American families and low income people to make sure our defense budget is not touched.
Republicans have it all wrong. In this time of economic instability and high unemployment, cutting funds programs like Social Services block grants will only cause more Americans to fall...
Mitt Romney Campaign Backs Away From Kris Kobach
From the Huffington Post
Kansas secretary of state and anti-undocumented immigration hawk Kris Kobach has said he's an adviser for the Mitt Romney campaign. The Romney campaign apparently now disagrees. On Tuesday, the campaign told Politico that Kobach is a "supporter," not an adviser. This contradicts both Kobach's...
Keeping a Promise to Home Care Aides
From the New York Times
Evelyn Coke, who died in 2009 at age 74, was a home care aide whose case for fair pay went to the Supreme Court in 2007, where she lost 9 to 0. At issue were federal rules that define home care aides as “companions,” a label that exempts employers from having to pay minimum wage and time-and-a-half for overtime. The...
Ezra Klein: You Can’t Cut Spending Without Cutting Spending
From Ezra Klein for the Washington Post
Budgets are a moment when the two parties can’t hide. They’re a moment — one of the only moments — when politicians stop talking and put numbers down on a page. Numbers we can check and see and question. And so they should be read closely, and mined in great...
Paul Ryan, helping the poor by hurting them
From Dana Milbank at the Washington Post
Paul Ryan, outlining his latest budget proposal in the House TV studio Tuesday morning, said the policies of the Republican presidential nominees “perfectly jibe” with his plan, which slashes the safety net to pay for tax cuts mostly for wealthy Americans. “Do you wholeheartedly believe they...
