Republicans
The 2012 elections are critical to defeating the 1%
December 20, 2011With the 2012 elections less than a year away, the entire right wing is amassing great sums of money in order to win. They want to take over the White House and the both houses of...
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GOP killing payroll tax compromise and jobless benefits
December 19, 2011A temporary payroll tax cut compromise and extension of unemployment benefits passed by a wide margin in the Senate, but now it is expected to fail in the Republican-controlled House Monday night.
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GOP sets oil pipeline as condition for payroll tax cut for workers
December 16, 2011Republicans are holding payroll tax cuts hostage to their scheme to approve an environmentally devastating oil pipeline extension.
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White House hits Medicare privatization scheme
December 16, 2011The White House has joined a national chorus of protests against the so-called bi-partisan Ryan-Wyden plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system.
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President Obama should veto the National Defense Authorization Act
December 15, 2011The defense spending bill includes a provision allowing for the indefinite detention without trial of al-Qaida suspects and their allies.
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