Liberal Support For The Budget Deal Signals A Big Democratic Victory
An indicator of the size of the Democratic victory on the budget deal is the speed with which liberal members of Congress are coming out in support of the deal.
An indicator of the size of the Democratic victory on the budget deal is the speed with which liberal members of Congress are coming out in support of the deal.
Paul Ryan got stopped dead in his tracks by Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) while he was trying to grandstand and trash Obama during an unrelated House hearing.
Thursday morning, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) called Republicans out on the House floor over their hypocrisy in making unpaid for tax credits permanent while refusing to pass long term unemployment insurance.
The cost of voting Republican continues to grow as House Ways and Means Democrats determined that Republicans have cost the economy $3 billion in less than two months by blocking an extension of unemployment benefits.
Sander Levin called Republicans out for their utter waste of government resources and taxpayer money, noting that 150 IRS employees have worked 70,000 hours for the fake IRS scandal.
Democrats Sandy Levin and Elijah Cummings demanded to know how much Issa’s IRS ‘investigations’ are costing the taxpayers. They suggest the total is “well into the millions of dollars.”
The Inspector General’s report didn’t mention the IRS targeting progressive groups for enhanced scrutiny, because Darrell Issa used the IG’s office to harass his own ‘Enemies List.’