Showing posts with label democrats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democrats. Show all posts
Monday, December 20, 2010

Dems: Tax Cut Package Will Kill Social Security

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Is the tax deal the beginning of the end of Social Security? Some Democrats in Congress sure think so. The Hill.com reports: Rep. Peter...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

White House Denies Folding on Bush Tax Cuts, but Still ‘Open to Compromise’

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From WashingtonIndependent.com : A lot of hubbub this morning surrounding a Huffington Post article that suggested the White House was wil...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Republicans and Democrats Spar Over Tax Cuts, Economy as Election Nears

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From AdvisorOne.com : As the hours dwindle down to the election on Tuesday, the talk Sunday was still about the economy and the two-sided ...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Republicans Accuse Dems of Using IRS Audits to Bully Conservative Groups

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From TheBlaze.com : Congressional Republicans are accusing Democrats and administration officials of leaking privileged IRS information a...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Congress Punts on Taxes

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According to the Wall Street Journal Democratic members of congress have decided to wait until after the November elections to decide the ...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Democrats Divided on Bush-Era Tax Cuts Vote

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From Reuters.com: Democrats cannot decide whether to hold a vote on extending tax cuts, as some lawmakers fear the issue could hurt thei...
Monday, August 09, 2010

Democrats Against ObamaCare

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From the Wall Street Journal : This wasn't a good week for ObamaCare, with Missouri voting to repeal the law and a Virginia judge re...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

$26 Billion for States Passes Key Test Vote

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A measure to send federal aid to cash-strapped states passed a key vote in the Senate, putting it one step closer to becoming law. However...
Monday, August 02, 2010

Who Would Obama Tax Increases Hit?

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From the Wall Street Journal : Some conservatives and moderate Democrats say that letting the Bush Administrations tax cuts expire only ...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Senate Combines Jobless Benefits, Homebuyer Credit

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While still recovering from a failed attempt to extend unemployment benefits last week, Senate Democrats are working on a new bill that wo...
Monday, June 28, 2010

Unemployment Benefits Extension Nixed for Nearly 1 Million

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According to CNN Money, over a million Americans have lost their unemployment benefits as Senators failed to pass an extension last Thursd...
Monday, June 21, 2010

More Non-Profits Win Exemption From Campaign-Finance Rules

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From USAToday.com: Top House Democrats agreed today to exclude more non-profit groups from new disclosure requirements to win broader co...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Democrats' Tax Bill Moves Toward Vote In US Senate

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The Senate is scheduled to vote on the new tax bill designed to extend unemployment insurance tomorrow. In order for the bill to pass, 60 ...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Democrats want investigation into surprise Senate primary winner

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An investigation will be underway regarding the legitimacy of the South Carolina Democratic Senate primary winner. It turns out that the wi...

Obama Pleads for $50 Billion in State, Local Aid

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According to the Washington Post , yesterday President Obama asked Congress to approve $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local gove...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Democrats propose tax hikes in response to Schwarzenegger's fiscal plan

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Party leaders have been getting together in response to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed fiscal plan, which I wrote abou...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Group Proposing Nevada Tax, Government Changes

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From the Associated Press: A study group appointed by majority Democrats in the Nevada Legislature is proposing sweeping changes to raise...
Thursday, May 06, 2010

Senate Financial Bill Misguided, Some Academics Say

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From NYTimes.com: As Democrats close in on their goal of overhauling the nation’s financial regulations, several prominent experts say t...
Monday, May 03, 2010

The Dividend Tax Bill Arrives

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As January 1 st , 2011 approaches Democrats in Congress are laying out their fiscal priorities. According to the Wall Street Journal , th...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Still no Wall Street bill debate in Senate

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Once again, Democrats in the Senate have failed to come up with the votes needed to debate the Wall Street reform bill. Coming up only 4 v...