Medicare

My heart sank when I read it, but look at it this way: Is this really the hill you want to die on? The GOP’s proposed Budget cuts, while steep by normal standards, are nothing more than a token to please the base. Whether we end up cutting…

Cambridge, Mass. – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he was "taken aback" by President Barack Obama ordering his administration to stop defending the constitutionality of a federal law that bans recognition of Gay Marriage. The Virgin…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he was “taken aback” by President Barack Obama ordering his administration to stop defending the constitutionality of a federal law that bans recognition of Gay Marri…

The workers’ rights Protests in Wisconsin seem to be spreading.  Today at noon, members of MoveOn.org and other concerned citizens gathered at the district office of Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-NY-19).  Their main focus was the proposed f…

Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. The Obama administration’s Taxpayer-funded, pro-Obamacare TV ads directed toward seniors don’t seem to be working. The new Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows that, by a mar…

Remember, the plan right now is to pass a two-week Budget to keep the government up and running while the House and Senate hammer out a Compromise on a Budget for the rest of the year. But even the mini-budget has a sticking point: The GOP is de…

John Pitney Jr. writes: “The president won the perception war for a couple of reasons. First, he and his party showed great message discipline in repeating the claim that the Republicans shut down the government. Second, while the Democrats …

Matthew Miller complains that Gov. Christie has called for trimming Medicare and Social Security but not for raising taxes. “Courage is when a politician tells his strongest supporters things they don’t want to hear. I’m a little…