Tag Archives: 113th Congress

The New America Foundation: Justin King- Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts

Source:The New Democrat I somewhat covered this last week with a blog on retirement and unemployment accounts for people so they can save for retirement and not have to burn those accounts when they are unemployed, especially for long periods … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson: The Debate That Wasn’t

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Robert Samuelson that Washington really hasn’t been debating the size of government. But avoiding tough decisions and when they find things they actually want to do that is both parties they either borrow the … Continue reading

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The White House: ‘Making 2014 a Year of Action to Expand Opportunities For The Middle Class’

Source:The White House– President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois) 44th President of the United States. Source:The New Democrat “In this week’s address, President Obama says 2014 will be a year of action, and called on both parties to help make … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Steve Rosenthal: ‘American Politics Are Moving Left’

Source:The Washington Post– U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Democrat, Massachusetts) Hey, Liz, if the Democratic Socialist label is good enough for Bernie Sanders, why not you as well? “Steve Rosenthal, a longtime Democratic strategist and former political director of the AFL-CIO, … Continue reading

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VOA News: President Obama Looks For a Political Comeback in 2014

. Source:The New Democrat  What President Obama and Democrats need to do is to switch the national political focus to the economy. On issues like unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, a minimum wage increase, the income gap, infrastructure investment, energy, immigration to … Continue reading

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The White House: President Obama Speaks on Extending Emergency Unemployment Insurance

. Source:The New Democrat  The Democratic path to victory in 2014. It’s the economy stupid and make 2014 the Democratic economic vision vs. the Republican economic vision. Middle out bottom up economics that is about expanding economic freedom for everyone … Continue reading

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VOA News: Washington Week: Focus on US Unemployed

. Source:The New Democrat Here’s an idea that even Republicans could support especially since one of them proposed it when he ran for president a couple of years ago. And still talks about this and is in favor of it. … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Michael E. O’Hanlon & Kay B. Hutchinson: ‘Saving Defense Dollars: From Base Realignment to Overhead Realignment & Closure’

Source:Brookings Institution with a look at the United States defense budget. “Editor’s Note: In the midst of the federal shutdown, which finally ended after Congress passed legislation to fund the government through mid-January, Michael O’Hanlon and Kay Bailey Hutchinson highlighted … Continue reading

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Senate Democrats: Majority Leader Harry Reid To Republicans: ‘It’s Not Too Late To Do The Right Thing’

Source:Senate Democrats– Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Democrat, Nevada) “Reid to Republicans: It’s Not Too Late To Do The Right Thing. Senate floor speech, October 12, 2013” From Senate Democrats Looks like Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have … Continue reading

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ABC News: ‘This Week’s Powerhouse Roundtable Takes on the Government Shutdown Showdown’

Source:ABC News– left to right: Dan Senor & Paul Krugman. “Paul Krugman, Dan Senor, Peggy Noonan, and David Plouffe on the government shutdown.” From ABC News As I’ve already written about this: “I wouldn’t say that the Tea Party House government … Continue reading

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