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Will Democrats sabotage themselves on day one?

January 3, 2019 By Alex Lawson

Trying to look "fiscally responsible," Democrats are planning to include PAYGO in the new House rules, which requires budget cuts for any new spending.

Only billionaires will miss Paul Ryan

January 2, 2019 By Peter Certo

Ryan was never a serious thinker, and he didn’t care about debt. He was a frat bro from a wealthy family who read a lot of Ayn Rand.

Goodbye and good riddance to the 115th Congress

January 2, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The things this Congress approved were so bad that workers were often better off when it didn’t do anything at all.

Trump denied money for border wall; vows government shutdown

December 20, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

The question now is whether Trump will sign the legislation or hold the entire country hostage for his planned wall along the Mexican border.

Trumpism loses a battle, but not the war

November 28, 2018 By John Bachtell

Bankrupt of ideas, the GOP has a narrowing base, is descending deeper into crisis, and is becoming a “cult of Trump.”