THE contest is set between Ed Markey and Gabriel Gomez to replace John Kerry in the Senate. It’s not a race like when Scott Brown was running, with Gomez against reproductive rights, but also says he’s against overturning Roe v. Wade, and for Social Security cuts. It’s more like Mitt Romney’s resurrection. The question is [...]
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Right on Cue, Republican Calls Obama Budget “Shocking Attack on Seniors”
“I’ll tell you when you’re going after seniors the way he’s already done on Obamacare, taken $700 billion out of Medicare to put into Obamacare and now coming back at seniors again, I think you’re crossing that line very quickly here in terms of denying access to seniors for health care in districts like mine [...]
Top Story — President Obama Happy to “Own” Chained CPI Cuts in his Budget
“Paul Ryan, in the worst budget ever presented in the history of the United States, did not mention Social Security, so of course [President Obama] owns it,” Sanders said as he left a rally outside the White House, where he and a handful of congressional Democrats, Social Security advocates, and labor leaders denounced Social Security [...]
Top Story — Obama Moves Grand Bargain Into the Budget, and Women Will Be Hurt the Most
“You can’t call yourself a Democrat and support Social Security benefit cuts. The president is proposing to steal thousands of dollars from grandparents and veterans by cutting cost of living adjustments, and any congressional Democrat who votes for such a plan should be ready for a primary challenge. Social Security is the core of the [...]
Obama’s Budget, Pelosi, and Cuts to Social Security
The arithmetic on the chained CPI is straightforward. It reduces benefits by an amount that increases 0.3 percentage points each year a person is retired. This means that after 10 years the reduction in the annual benefit would be 3.0 percent, after 20 years the reduction would be 6.0 percent, and after 30 years the [...]
Obama Pledges in Private Meeting with Republicans to “Challenge His Own Party on Entitlement Reform”
OH, BUT that’s not all, folks. President Obama also tells Republicans he’s not trying to push a deficit deal that might help Democrats win back the House. From The Hill: President Obama pledged in a private meeting with Senate Republicans on Thursday to challenge his own party on entitlement reform. He also asked Republicans not [...]
Congressional Progressive Caucus Unveil “Back to Work” Budget *Updated*
WHILE EVERYONE is listening to the squealing talking heads on morning cable, none of whom know much about what a real budget looks like that doesn’t channel the disastrous notion of austerity, House progressives showed the Democratic party, the White House, and everyone else in Washington, how it’s done. You can read the Progressive Congressional [...]
Obama, the Grand Bargainer in Chief, Paul Ryan as His Foil
“We’re not gonna balance the budget in ten years because if you look at what Paul Ryan does to balance the budget, it means that you have to voucher-ize Medicare, you have to slash deeply into programs like Medicaid, you’ve essentially got to — either tax — middle class families a lot higher than you [...]
Today in Lesser Evildom: The Super Sequestration, Now Playing Live in DC
Obama is clearly winning in the current version of the Duopoly battles. That includes, but isn’t limited to, the Super Sequestration Deficit Cliff Grand Bargain production, brought to us, unfortunately, by DC Electeds on behalf of those for whom they actually work. In this act of the Obama Years segment of the ongoing theatre that [...]
NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll: Obama Creaming Republicans on Every Issue, with One Depressing Downside
Only 29 percent of respondents say they agree “with most” of what Republicans in Congress have proposed (versus 45 percent for Obama and 40 percent for congressional Democrats). An identical 29 percent have a favorable view of the Republican Party (compared with 49 percent for Obama and 41 percent for the Democratic Party). – NBC/WSJ [...]
House Democrats Call On President Obama To Reject Benefit Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid, And Social Security Benefits
HOUSE PROGRESSIVES and Democrats sent a letter to President Obama opposing entitlement benefit cuts, demanding he reject these cuts at a time when the 1% are the only ones benefiting from the recovery. The press release and letter are below. WASHINGTON—107 House Democrats, a majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives, wrote President Obama [...]
Obama SOTU Turns Emotional on Gun Safety “Deserve a Vote” Chant [Full Remarks]
“President Obama made clear tonight that he will continue fighting to create jobs, rebuild our economy, and strengthen America’s middle class. All of us should work together to reduce gun violence in our communities and invest in our future – in education, infrastructure, and research. We will need a balanced approach to our budget, one [...]
McAuliffe v. Right-Wing Cuccinelli: Run, Bolling, Run [Video] *Update*
Cuccinelli, right, so here’s a guy – Tea Party favorite in Virginia – the guy is certifiable when it comes to mainstream political thought. This is a guy who attacks Medicare, he attacks Medicaid, he attacks Social Security, this is a guy who said he was thinking about not having his children get Social Security [...]
Top Story — Obama’s Inaugural Week, Reid and Schumer’s Weaknesses Follow
The joint budget resolution could also call for Medicare reforms and using the chained CPI formula to curb the cost of Social Security benefits. These entitlement reforms combined with tax reform would give Republicans political cover to accept tax increases — or at least more cover than if tax increases were merely packaged as an [...]
Obama Nailed Paul “Straw Man” Ryan, Jon Stewart Explains [Video]
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook “Right now about 60 percent of the American people get more benefits in dollar value from the federal government than they pay back in taxes,” Ryan said. “So we’re going to a majority of takers versus [...]
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