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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Today, House Republican Leader John Boehner gave a regrettably partisan speech before the American Legion in which he continued to criticize President Obama’s Iraq, security, and veterans’ policies, even as the President is keeping his promise to bring home all … Continue reading

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Last night, Roll Call reported that a new book by House Republican leaders Eric Cantor (R-VA), Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), includes the Ryan budget proposal to drastically privatize and cut Social Security and turn Medicare into a … Continue reading

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Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that more than 1 million Medicare beneficiaries have already received their one-time, tax-free checks of $250 to help pay for prescription drug costs. These checks will continue to be mailed … Continue reading

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Five years ago, America watched Hurricane Katrina tear through homes, communities, and neighborhoods across the Gulf Coast. This natural disaster decimated New Orleans and other cities and towns, destroyed buildings, and displaced local families. When the levees fell, a human … Continue reading

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Our nation has been facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression because of the failed economic policies of the Bush-Republican years which led to 8 million American jobs lost, the national debt nearly doubling, $17.5 trillion in household … Continue reading

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This week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report showing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has boosted real GDP by up to 4.5 percent in the second quarter of 2010, and increased the number of American jobs … Continue reading

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On Women’s Equality day, we honor the brave suffragettes who altered the course of history and ushered in a new age of progress for all Americans. These pioneers marched and organized, struggled and sacrificed, for the cause of equality – … Continue reading

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On Tuesday, House Republican Leader John Boehner said “all this stimulus spending has gotten us nowhere.” At a roundtable for reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics and former adviser to Sen. John … Continue reading

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According to a new report released today by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act boosted the country's real GDP by up to 4.5% in the second quarter of 2010, and increased the number of … Continue reading

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This morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner outlined his ‘economic plan’ at the City Club of Cleveland–which would return us to the same failed policies of the Bush Administration. Mr. Boehner endorsed proposals to privatize and cut Social Security, cut … Continue reading

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