Long, Hot Summer Of Political Rancor Calls For Time Out 0
Its hot. Temperatures are expected to continue to rise. Members of Congress, who typically wind down their workload during this time of the year, are still concerned about averting a fiscal calamity. Yet as we continue to flirt with financial disaster, it seems everyone in Washington still wants everything exactly his or her way, and […]
Read MoreIn FAA Standoff, GOP Played Chicken With American Jobs 0
Some Republicans love to talk about “job-destroying” progressive policies, but hate to own up to their own trickle-down ways. It’s not that hard to get specific about the tepid economic recovery and all the Republican-backed policies that are destroying jobs though. Let me tell you about one we almost experienced. Just this week, after securing […]
Read MorePolitics Today: Drop The Politics! Save The Nation! 0
Well, its come to this: The world is watching us destroy our good name and credit over the promise of cutting a few billion dollars in future budgets and appropriations. The two bills before Congress one proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the other proposed by House Speaker John Boehner are […]
Read MoreDon’t Ask The Poorest To Pay Off Our Debt 0
My fellow Americans: In a matter of weeks you have become studied on the issues of budgets and deficits. You’ve also formed opinions on these issues, and these opinions are reflected in poll after poll. Isn’t it strange that Congress has yet to listen? Recently, I reviewed a poll completed in late May for the […]
Read MoreRepublicans Need To Focus On Solutions Not Personal Attacks 0
Yesterday, Congressman Allen West (R-FL) launched a reprehensible attack on his fellow member of Congress and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schulz (D-FL), telling her to “shut the heck up,” and calling her a “coward” “characterless” and “not a Lady.” What did Wasserman Schulz do to deserve such vitriol? She highlighted in a speech on the […]
Read MoreThis Says It All About The Debt Debate. 0
The lion’s share of the deficit still comes from the Bush tax cut for the rich.
Read MoreReviving power of American dream 0
What is your personal American dream? Home ownership? Job security? Retirement?
For many, the American dream is having a good home and getting a decent-paying job.
Like my parents before me, I believe the American dream is also the ability to give your children a better life. In the middle of all the recent hyper-partisanship, we’ve forgotten the principles and goals that truly make us who we are.
Read MoreFortieth Anniversary 0
Today, marks the 40th anniversary of the ratification of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Though it only took 100 days to ratify the amendment, the battle to lower the voting age was years in the making. Rep. Jennings Randolph, a Democrat from West Virginia, introduced […]
Read MoreBachmann ready to get her hair combed? 0
Michele Bachmann emerged from CNN’s first Republican debate with praise from Republican activists. The Minnesota congresswoman — who famously told her constituents that Congress, in order to understand their opposition to Obamacare, needs “to see the whites of your eyes” — earned the post-debate plaudits with a controlled performance that lead some to write that the Republican field is returning to “sanity.”
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