U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday fluttered, flailed, and danced around reporters fact-checking his claim that Democrats were responsible for the government shut down because 'they wanted to lavish undocumented immigrants with…
Friday Serenade: Budget Lonely
'We Don't Have a Plan B': Top Treasury Official Says Biden Won't Invoke 14th Amendment Numerous progressive lawmakers, legal scholars, and advocacy groups have implored the president to use his authority under the 14th…
Walk Out. Walk Back In. Walk Out. Crawl Back In. Repeat.
America's Deadly Game of Budget “Negotiations” ~ Repubs Return To Debt Talks After Walking Out In A Huff via HuffPost The negotiations with the White House resumed hours later on Friday night. Republicans have…
Friday Serenade: Obsessed With You, Our Cuddly Cuts
“... the specifics are actually pretty bad." "We've heard a lot of talk from House Republicans about cutting spending, but very few specifics," said Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the chair of the Senate Appropriations…
Corp Dems Pushing Right-Wing Budget Scam
Legacies, Reelections, And, Oh Yeah, The American People The infrastructure bill was signed on Monday. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Friday will score the $1.85 billion Build Back Better Act. The 'score' is…
Sometimes It Just Ain’t Easy
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Trying To Explain Spending Bills And Budget Deficits To Republicans
Are Biden-Led Dems Trying To Lose?
"If the aim is to avoid a midterm massacre, why would you do this?" Presidential candidate Joe Biden said he would: enact a public option to create a government-run alternative to private insurance plans;…
This Is Gonna Hurt
Trump Budget For Fiscal 2020: Slash Domestic Spending, Give It To The Military. Trump will propose major cuts to anti-poverty programs, health care, housing and nutrition assistance, environmental protection, transportation, international programs that provide…