Tag: Paul Ryan
No, Paul, it wasn’t because of “growing pains”
America and the rest of the world must hold our collective breath, hoping that the next elections – the midterms of 2018 and then the presidential election of 2020 – set things right.
The GOP crusade against health care is class warfare
The GOP's attempt to destroy Obamacare was a raid by the filthy rich on the slim resources of the poorer neighborhoods.
On the ground activism: Hundreds march in Chicago to protest against...
"This bill puts at risk health care for over a million people, billions of dollars for Illinois and tens of thousands of jobs."
Republicans, obsessed with gutting Obamacare, other social programs: That’s called committing...
It will be time for these politicians that have no vision to begin writing their political obituaries, because they will face political extinction in the elections of 1018 and 2020.
Electric utility executives pony up for the GOP roll back of...
Utilities that perceive the spread of rooftop solar as a threat to their business model just landed a key ally in the Department of Energy.
Paul Ryan fundraised with health insurance lobbying firm just before his...
Records show Ryan spent much of the year flying to resorts and huddling with lobbyists to raise huge amounts of cash to maintain his party’s control of the House of Representatives.
Nobody needs a lecture on morality from Paul Ryan
The Republican House speaker is out to steal away Americans’ hard-earned retirement benefits.
Ryan’s fundraising off health care and trying to kill It for...
He’s determined to raise as much money as possible to fuel his own rise, and his party’s, no matter how many people’s health may suffer in the process.
Why so many people loathe Congress
Speaker Ryan himself wallows in a mud pit of congressional entitlements that working stiffs couldn't imagine.
Bernie says Democrats will fight to protect Planned Parenthood from defunding
“Republicans in Congress have returned to their old obsession of trying to defund Planned Parenthood.”
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.