Sabrina Siddiqui and Arthur Delaney write for The Huffington Post: President Barack Obama’s budget proposal divided House Democrats on Wednesday. The budget blueprint includes a Social Security benefit cut that has tepid support from House Democratic lea…
The National Organization for Women is proud to announce its support of The Inclusive Prosperity Act, a financial transaction tax introduced today by Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. The Ellison bill would create a Wall Street sales tax, providing hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue every year for such critical needs as jobs, health care, education, housing assistance for low-income individuals, and expanding and improving the social safety net.
Richard Eskow writes for Campaign for America’s Future Blog: “The ‘chained CPI’ proposal in President Obama’s budget continues to draw much-deserved fire, which is only likely to increase as more information about it becomes known.”
Richard Eskow writes for Campaign for America’s Future Blog: “Republicans want the chained CPI. But they’ve never been reluctant to use policies they support as a club to bludgeon any opponent foolish enough to agree with them.”
Martha Burk writes for CNN: “So, was a decade of struggle to open one golf club to women worth the effort? Was it worth the credible death threats, volumes of vile and vulgar hate mail, and my image on stickers at the bottom of urinals? For all it repres…