Middle Class

Since being sworn in, in the interests of purely partisan politics, he has tried to hold up the START Treaty. I shouldn’t have to be the one to break it to Kirk, but lowering the amount of nuclear warheads on the planet is a good thing. Not …

Published: Dec. 18, 2010 at 10:53 AM President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Middle Class Tax Cut bill in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 17, 2010 in Washington DC. The measure would extend tax cuts for families at ev…

(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…

This past November, Michigan Democrats - like their counterparts throughout the rest of the country - took a political beat-down.  When the dust settled and the votes were counted, Michigan Republicans won the Governor’s off…

On Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 into law. The measure extends all the Bush Income Tax cuts for two years, provides continued aid to no-fault jo…

President Obama is enjoying something of a political resurgence, at least among the commentariat. Ezra Klein points out that his Approval Ratings remain higher than those of his Congressional opposition, as opposed to Clinton in 1994 and Bush in 2…

A week after President Obama unveiled the massive tax deal he cut with congressional Republican leaders, rank-and-file members of Congress from both parties reluctantly put aside their complaints to pass the measure with Bipartisan support. The…

By passing a Bipartisan tax package late Thursday, Congress has taken the better course for Working Families, The Economy and business. The Compromise deal negotiated by President Obama and Senate Republicans will extend for two years Tax Cuts e…