Connecticut to Congress: "Keep the promise on Social Security"
A week after being re-elected as chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Rep. John Larson joined with retired union members at the state capitol who were calling for the protection and expansion of Social Security.
Debt panel to workers: Drop Dead!
The Nov. 10 preliminary report from the federal budget deficit commission "tells working Americans to 'Drop Dead.'"
Tax cuts for the rich? Fight in Congress begins
On Saturday President Obama repeated his position that tax cuts for the middle class should be continued and tax cuts for the rich should be ended, but one Democrat is already caving in to Republicans.
Missouri tax ballot initiative would gut services
Missouri voters also face a billionaire-funded November ballot initiative that would eliminate the earnings tax in St. Louis and Kansas City.
Republican candidates "pledge" open warfare on working families
Republican Party Senate candidates pledged this past week to protect tax loopholes for companies that outsource jobs, according to new media reports.
GOP “pledge” condemned as flim-flam
It's being called a "public relations" ploy, a kind of "Herbert Hoover economics," whose "numbers don't add up.."
Right-wingers frenzied to save tax cuts for rich
Several House and Senate Republicans are complaining that GOP Minority Leader John Boehner fell for a trap laid by President Obama when he said last weekend that, given no other option, he would vote for extending middle class tax cuts even if it meant allowing the Bush tax cuts for the rich to expire.
Boehner blinks on Bush tax cuts for the rich
House Minority Leader John Boehner says he'll vote for Obama's tax plan.
Boehner speech offers return to Bush policies
Speaker of the House-hopeful John Boehner offered a return to Republican policies under George Bush in a recent policy speech, which was light on policy, heavy on lies.
Blackstone billionaire compares Obama to Hitler on taxes
Wall Street is up in arms over Obama administration proposals to make banks pay a greater share of taxes, and one billionaire compared Obama to Hitler, saying, "It's war."
