Governor Corbett signs Pennsylvania budget into law, but is not satisfied...
The main Pennsylvania state budget was signed into law last night by Governor Corbett. Governor Corbett was not happy that his wider agenda has not been met. He sought to overhaul the...
View ArticleRepublicans outright refusal to work with Elizabeth Warren and Democrats to...
College students taking out new loans in the fall are going to see interest rates double what they were yesterday. Republicans outright refusal to work with Democrats is disconcerting....
View ArticleRepublicans in North Carolina try to sneak anti-abortion law into Anti Sharia...
Republicans in North Carolina attempted a sneak attack on abortion rights. The State Legislature was voting on an Anti-Sharia Law Bill, yes a bill to stop muslim law from being used in...
View ArticleRepublicans plan on holding the Debt Ceiling Hostage again, the Ryan Budget...
Even though in March Speaker of the House John Boehner acknowledged that there is not an immediate debt problem, Republicans plan on holding the Debt Ceiling hostage again. They demand...
View ArticleGovernor Corbett has to defend another pro-business law.
Governor Tom Corbett is yet again defending another of his Bills. Several of his Bills, which helped make up his conservative agenda, have been found unconstitutional or dismissed by...
View ArticlePennsylvania needs to dump the GOP in 2014
I live in Northeastern Pennsylvania. This is a Democrat heavy area, as is most of Pennsylvania. Gerrymandering has given our state a Republican Governor and House majority. Although the...
View ArticleHouse Republicans plan on holding nation hostage on Debt Ceiling, in order to...
House Republicans are drafting a Debt Ceiling playbook. They are calling it a menu of mandatory spending cuts to offer President Obama in exchange for raising the debt limit. The menu...
View ArticleGovernment shutdown, the Republican way of throwing a temper tantrum.
The last time Republicans refused to negotiate on the debt ceiling our country had its credit rating downgraded. Why does a political party refuse to compromise? President Obama has tried...
View ArticleGovernment shutdown is the leadup to raising the Debt Ceiling.
First to be clear, the Debt Ceiling is for bills Congress already incurred. It allows us to pay the bills Congress already approved. Under George W. Bush the Debt Ceiling was raised 7 times....
View ArticleThe Walmart cycle.
One meme or article after another tells us to avoid Walmart. Which is absolutely right! They subsidize their company by paying low wages, thereby forcing their employees to receive...
View ArticleWhat does Ebola mean for America?
We are currently in the middle of a potentially huge Ebola scare. It is a disease most of us know little or nothing about. Going into this, all I knew was that there was not a cure...
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