▼ Author Community Vote 5 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - Senate Dems Greenlight Key Anti-Union Bill - — Senate Dems Greenlight Key Anti-Union Bill — With the help of Senate Democrats, Congress took its final step Monday toward enactment of long-term FAA reauthorization legislation, despite an aggressive last-minute effort by organized labor to kill the package. 5 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - Are Republicans About To Commit Medicare Suicide? - — Are Republicans About To Commit Medicare Suicide? — It's shaping up to be spring 2011 redux. Just under a year ago, Republicans — euphoric after a midterm election landslide, and overzealous in their interpretation of their mandate — passed a budget that called for phasing … 9 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - Bait And Switch: GOP Leaders Renege On Debt Limit Deal Defense Cuts - — Bait And Switch: GOP Leaders Renege On Debt Limit Deal Defense Cuts — Republican leaders in Congress have all but reneged on a key agreement they reached with the White House last summer rather than reconsider their unwavering stance against new tax revenue. 10 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - The GOP's Plan To Avoid Defense Cuts Without Raising Taxes - — The GOP's Plan To Avoid Defense Cuts Without Raising Taxes — Senate Republicans unveiled a proposal Thursday to avoid or delay looming, automatic cuts to defense and security programs by reducing the federal work force by five percent and freezing federal pay for two and a half years. 18 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - State Of The Union: Obama's Point-By-Point Romney Refutation - — State Of The Union: Obama's Point-By-Point Romney Refutation — President Obama's State of the Union address was premised on two political bets: that there's a broad national appetite, spanning conservative and liberal ideologies, for certain populist reforms … 32 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - Obama's Recess Appointments Dilemma Is About To Get Worse - — Obama's Recess Appointments Dilemma Is About To Get Worse — Despite making several key, contentious recess appointments since Congress left town, the Obama administration is still operating with scores of vacancies, including an unexpected hole at the top of the Office of Management and Budget. 40 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - Obama Misses Key Window For Empowering Top Consumer Watchdog - — Obama Misses Key Window For Empowering Top Consumer Watchdog — Today was the day that legal experts and many aides in both parties thought President Obama would provide a recess appointment to Richard Cordray, his nominee to administer the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 43 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - Boehner Takes Strong Hand With House GOP After Payroll Tax Meltdown - — Boehner Takes Strong Hand With House GOP After Payroll Tax Meltdown — In a conference call with House Republicans early Thursday evening, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) took no questions after making it clear to his members that the game was up and they would have to swallow the Democratic payroll tax extension. 43 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - BREAKING: House Republicans Cave, Agree To Two-Month Payroll Tax Cut Extension - — BREAKING: House Republicans Cave, Agree To Two-Month Payroll Tax Cut Extension — A top Senate Democratic aide says House Republicans have privately offered up the terms of their surrender on the payroll tax cut, pending sign off from their notoriously unwieldy caucus. 44 days ago Brian Beutler TPMDC - Watch GOPer Literally Walk Out On Dem Attempt To Push Payroll Tax Cut - — Watch GOPer Literally Walk Out On Dem Attempt To Push Payroll Tax Cut — While Republican leaders gathered in Speaker John Boehner's Capitol office Wednesday morning for a photo op with reporters — hectoring Democrats and making the case that they're on the right side of the payroll tax fight …

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