What Would You Do About The Debt?
What should be done about America's debt? It's the $14 trillion question that continues to fuel debate in the halls of Congress and across dinner tabl...
What should be done about America's debt? It's the $14 trillion question that continues to fuel debate in the halls of Congress and across dinner tabl...
Posted 11.21.2011
No one declares class warfare in this country without Stephen Colbert calling them on it. On Tuesday night, Colbert explained why taxing the rich i...
Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 11.20.2011
The president is finally challenging Republicans on taxes, backing them into a corner of their own ideological Tea Party extremism.
Posted 11.20.2011
Just one day after his predecessor was in town promoting his autobiography, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is due in Chicago for two re-election campai...
AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.20.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he wants to make sure millionaires are taxed at higher rates than their secretaries. The data say they ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2011
WASHINGTON -- In certain corners of the progressive political universe, there has been ongoing frustration with the Obama White House for attacking th...
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.18.2011
WASHINGTON — Drawing a bright line with congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama is proposing $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue as part ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2011
WASHINGTON -- The fail-safe debt ceiling plan crafted by the Senate's top two leaders, Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), is close to be...
Brent Budowsky | Posted 09.12.2011
Lest Republicans enjoy my criticism of the president, I believe there is now an economically unpatriotic wing of the GOP. They express partisan joy with every new job loss.
Posted 06.14.2011
In his first major fiscal policy speech, President Obama outlined a bold plan to reduce the national deficit on Wednesday, simultaneously galvanizing ...
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 06.14.2011
WASHINGTON — With his striking choice of words, President Barack Obama clearly outlined the greatest perils for Republicans – and for Demo...
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 06.12.2011
Some details of the bipartisan spending measure agreed to Friday night by President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Major...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 06.12.2011
WASHINGTON — The historic $38 billion in budget cuts resulting from at-times hostile bargaining between Congress and the Obama White House were ...
AP/The Huffington Post | TOM RAUM | Posted 06.12.2011
WASHINGTON — Higher taxes have been missing from the fierce budget battle that nearly shut down the federal government. But President Barack Oba...
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.11.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, plunging into the rancorous struggle over America's mountainous debt, will draw sharp differences with Repu...
HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 11.22.2011