GOP sets oil pipeline as condition for payroll tax cut for workers
Republicans are holding payroll tax cuts hostage to their scheme to approve an environmentally devastating oil pipeline extension.
White House hits Medicare privatization scheme
The White House has joined a national chorus of protests against the so-called bi-partisan Ryan-Wyden plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system.
GOP makes new round of shutdown threats
The administration wants passage of a short-term budget measure to allow for more time for negotiations on the budget bill and the payroll tax cut for workers.
84-year-old Wisconsin woman told to pay $200 poll tax
The Justice Department says it is looking carefully at the voter suppression laws put through by Republican lawmakers all over the country.
GOP uses payroll tax cut extension to slash jobless benefits
Republicans in Congress voted 234 to 193 yesterday to slash more than in half the number of weeks people can collect unemployment benefits next year.
GOP dirty trickster guilty of "fraud" in racist robocall
Former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich's campaign manager, Paul Schurick, was convicted of "fraud" Dec. 6 for his role in a racist robocall seeking to suppress the Black vote.
Republicans tell injured workers "you're on your own"
Proposed changes in HB 5002 will drastically change Michigan's workers' compensation law.
Progressive groups vs. Social Security, Medicare cuts
Progressive groups, led by the Campaign for America's Future, are campaigning hard against proposals floated by deficit-cutting "Super Committee" Democrats.
White House holds first policy conference on African Americans
A recent White House conference on African American policy trumpeted the Obama administration's achievement in promoting programs beneficial to the black community.
People of New Jersey deliver big losses to Christie
New Jersey voters dealt the tea party a resounding defeat in state elections November 8.
