Social Security

In the wake of President Barack Obama's premature capitulation to the Republicans in the tax wars, a party who I might remind you controls neither congressional chamber at this moment (they will take over the House in January), once muted critic…

The locked-out workers of USW Local 7-699 in Metropolis, Ill., are claiming that their company, defense contractor Honeywell, is spending more money to keep its workers locked out than what it would cost to give the workers what they are demandi…

Ron Brownstein has a good article about the 2012 Republican primary. The rough take is that non-college educated, economically downscale Republicans will go for a Candidate they feel they represents their values (like Palin) and the college-educ…

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has signed an $858 billion tax bill he negotiated with Republicans. He praised the new law as a boost for the Middle Class. The package extends Bush-era Tax Cuts for two years, including Tax Rates for th…

Like this Story? Share it: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the Tea Party must help the next Congress solve spending problems. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-…

Lawmakers must be willing to make difficult decisions that include changing the Retirement Age for Social Security and Medicare and adjusting benefits according to income in order to battle the Deficit, Sen. Lindsey Graham argued Sunday. These and…

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…

On Wednesday, December 15, 2010, the United States Senate voted 81-19 overwhelmingly in favor of extending the temporary Tax Cuts put in place by former President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2003.  President Barack Obama urged the United State…