Compromise

No revolution towards justice ever went backwards. To all the supporters of equality and Don't Ask Don't Tell's death, I am so grateful. The road has not been easy. We have learned many important lessons about social justice, movements, supportin…

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States stood Sunday on the cusp of letting gays serve openly in its Military for the first time, as the US Congress sent President Barack Obama a bill to bring about the historic shift. Senators voted 65-31 Sa…

There’s a reason that Rep. Anthony Weiner has showed up on every damn Fox News show recently. It’s because he delivers every damn time. Tonight he sparred with Mike Huckabee who, discussing the Tax Cut Compromise, started off with the …

If there was one certainty following the extension of the Bush-era Tax Cuts on Friday it’s that Congressional Republicans are not unified on how to tackle the nation’s economic problems, including some of the area's top GOP figures.
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New Jersey's Tea Party Activists do not believe that the Republicans acquitted themselves very well with the tax-rate extension Compromise that they passed on Thursday evening, and believe that they gave away the store. The Morristown Tea Party, i…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Saturday that the failed Democratic effort to pass the DREAM Act in the Lame Duck session dealt a blow to future talks on a wider Immigration Bill. “It was an exercise to try and taint Republicans with His…

A month ago, President Obama was the big loser of 2010, the leader whose party had given up historic losses in the House and who was facing questions about his future. On Friday, with the stroke of his pen on a Compromise tax bill, he reminded h…

(CNN) - Both parties touted the passage of the Bipartisan tax deal signed into law Friday in their weekly Internet and radio addresses, but their description of the process shows party divides are still alive and well. The Compromise, which passed…