debt ceiling

Pennsylvanians Stage a ‘MAGA GOP: Stop CLOWNING Around Rally’

Pennsylvanians Stage a ‘MAGA GOP: Stop CLOWNING Around Rally’

In Pennsylvania, the 10th District Network hosted a ‘MAGA GOP: Stop CLOWNING Around Rally’ on the Capitol steps in Harrisburg,…

2 years ago

Tick Tock: Kevin McCarthy Debt Ceiling Plan Will Send Economy Closer to Recession

The highly regarded Moody’s Analytics determined that the Republican debt ceiling plan would send the economy meaningfully closer to a…

2 years ago

Even At Nearly 3 AM, Joe Biden Was Still Putting The Screws To Kevin McCarthy

President Biden returned from his trip to Ireland at nearly 2:45 AM, took questions from the press, and turned up…

2 years ago

New Analysis Shows That Republicans Created 3/4 Of The Debt They Blame On Biden

A new analysis reveals that Republicans in Congress are responsible for the current debt that they are trying to blame…

2 years ago

Chuck Schumer Blasts House Republicans For Offering Nothing But Gibberish On The Debt Ceiling

At a press conference, Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) said that House Republicans have refused to show their plan and…

2 years ago

It Sure Does Sound Like Biden Steamrolled Kevin McCarthy In Their Meeting

Speaker Kevin McCarthy was talking a big game about negotiations and spending cuts before he met with President Biden, but…

2 years ago

Recent History Shows Biden Will Win On Debt Limit

Republicans are trying to go back to 2011 on the debt limit, but Democrats changed their tactics, and President Biden…

2 years ago

House Republicans Are Already Backing Down On The Debt Ceiling

House Republicans are looking for a way out of their debt ceiling crisis and already considering suspending it until September…

2 years ago

Hakeem Jeffries Already Has A Plan To Hand Kevin McCarthy A Big Debt Ceiling Defeat

House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) made it clear in an interview with NPR that Democrats have a plan…

2 years ago

The House Republican Plan To Take The Economy Hostage Is Already Failing

House Republicans have been planning since before they won the majority to take the economy hostage, but they are facing…

2 years ago

Trump Added $7.8 Trillion To The National Debt And Republicans Didn’t Say A Word

Republicans in the House and Senate helped Trump add trillions in debt that will weigh down the economy for years…

2 years ago

The White House Calls Out Kevin McCarthy And House Republican Hypocrites For Voting To Raise The Debt Ceiling Without Spending Cuts 3 Times Under Trump

The White House is calling out the hypocrisy of Kevin McCarthy and House Republican hypocrites who voted to raise the…

2 years ago

What the House Drama Reveals about the State of Extremism in America

The gang of extremists, who controlled the process of deciding the Speaker, did not so much elect McCarthy as much…

2 years ago

Millions of America’s Gun Nuts Aren’t Hiding Their Yearning for Civil War

After years of manipulation and buying off elected officials, a large percentage of radical right-wingers are planning a civil war.

12 years ago

No Harm, No Foul as Rich Folks Have No Reason To Fear Sequestration

On March 1st a decision will be made that could impact millions for at least 9 years. Jobs will be…

12 years ago

Top Senate Republican Throws National Security Under the Bus as He Flees the Sequester

The Senate Republican Minority Whip, who accused Obama of threatening national security by nominating Chuck Hagel, claimed that sequester cuts…

12 years ago

Sequester Squeals: Republicans Get Their First Taste of the Recession and They Don’t Like It

Republican staffers are complaining about GOP leadership, while leadership is complaining that without being able to pay their staff a…

12 years ago

Eric Cantor Embarrasses Himself Playing Sequester Blame Game

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) fell in line with the Republicans' sequester strategy by playing the blame game, saying…

12 years ago

As Sequester Looms, the GOP Already Cost Us $18.9 Billion With Their Debt Ceiling Fiasco

Republicans frivolously wasted 18.9 billion taxpayer dollars playing debt ceiling games but now they pretend to be concerned over spending.

12 years ago

Worst Speaker Ever: John Boehner Uses Pathetic Twitter Campaign to Blame Obama for Sequester

Speaker John Boehner is pushing the hashtag "#obamaquester" in hopes of forcing the President to carry the weight of the…

12 years ago

Learning From Losers: The GOP Turns to Paul Ryan for Their Obama Strategy

Who better to give the Republican Party advice about how to beat Obama in the upcoming debt ceiling and budgetary…

12 years ago

Fitch Ratings Shoots Down Every Republican Talking Point on the Debt Ceiling

Fitch ratings poked a huge hole in Republican talking points by warning that using the debt ceiling as a mechanism…

12 years ago

Obama’s Jack Lew Nomination Is a Warning Shot to Republicans

Picking Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary was a way for Obama to arm himself against the upcoming battles with Republicans…

12 years ago

Obama Warns Republicans of ‘Catastrophic’ Consequences for Global Economy

President Obama used his weekly address to explain the stakes in the upcoming debt ceiling showdown.

12 years ago

The Debt Ceiling Pays Off Money That Republicans Already Spent

Federal law requires Congress to authorize the government to borrow any money that is needed to pay for the programs…

12 years ago

Psst Republicans: The Senate Passed The Budget Control Act in August 2011

In spite of the Republican love for bumper sticker slogans, a spending agreement was in the debt ceiling deal. It…

12 years ago

Sen Graham Exposes Republican Debt Lie by Attacking Social Security

Sen. Graham insisted that we must raise the age for Social Security in order to deal with the debt, but…

12 years ago

Fringe Conservatives Turn to Donald Trump for an Answer on the Fiscal Cliff

Little progress has been made on the debt issue. Donald Trump weighed in on the question a dozen years ago,…

12 years ago

In South Carolina the stampede is on to replace DeMint

Jim DeMint is leaving the Senate to take over the Presidency of the Heritage Foundation. Another extremist will undoubtedly take…

12 years ago

The Republican hyperbole about the ‘fiscal cliff’ is deafening and misleading

The ongoing debate about the fiscal cliff continues as the U.S. approaches the current debt ceiling. Republicans are responsible for…

12 years ago

The GOP’s Dystopian Dream of America’s Future

Why should the federal deficit scare us compared to an uninhabitable planet? Aren't mountains without tops more frightening than an…

12 years ago