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May 22 2019
News
Trump Puts Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal On Hold Until Congress Passes This Bill
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Democrats on Wednesday to unveil a way to fund a $2 million infrastructure deal. In a last minute move, Trump, however, said infrastructure won't happen until a trade deal is struck.
“Before we get to infrastructure, it is my strong view that Congress should first pass the important and popular USMCA trade deal,” Trump wrote in a letter
TownhallDec 27 2012
News
At Edge of ‘Cliff,’ White House Lashes Out at ‘Congressional Stupidity’
With only days to come up with a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, the White House said “congressional stupidity was damaging the economy but that an agreement could be reached if Republican leaders dont get in the way. President Obama cut his Hawaiian vacation short and headed back to Washington today while the Senate is scheduled to reconvene on Thursday. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,
ABC News (Online)Aug 14 2013
News
Summertime Blues: Polls show ObamaCare support eroding amid roll-out problems
As problems continue to pile up over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, summertime polls from Fox News, Gallup and Rasmussen signal that growing confusion over the complexities of the law, how it will be rolled out and how much it will cost is eroding public support. A majority of Americans say they believe the new health care law will increase their medical costs and taxes,
Fox News DigitalApr 01 2021
Perspectives Blog
Surveys Show Republican Voters Actually Support Increasing the Minimum Wage, Just Not to $15/Hour
U.S. Congress will consider a $15 minimum wage for the second time soon. Joe Biden and most congressional Democrats want to more than double the minimum hourly wage from its current level of $7.25. Although Democrats have this policy goal, survey data (see below) show that the majority of Republican voters actually support raising the minimum wage as well, just not to a level as high as $15
Bella JasperAug 13 2014
News
Dem Candidates Run Hard to the Right
Facing an increasingly hostile political landscape, Democrats are turning an old adage upside down; asking voters to believe what the candidates say, not what they do. In districts across the country, Democrats are campaigning on tax cuts, balanced budgets and rolling back harmful regulations. This pivot away from the national Democrat party isn't just on fiscal issues. With more conservative
Breitbart NewsDec 06 2012
News
'Fiscal Cliff' Talks Feel Wintry Chill
A chill has descended on Washington just in time for tonight's lighting of the National Christmas Tree.
President Obama will preside over an evening festival of star-studded carols and sparkling displays of holiday cheer on the White House Ellipse.
But don't expect any of the holiday good will to warm the political frost over the fiscal cliff talks.
The White House is
ABC News (Online)Nov 25 2019
Analysis
Suburban Voters Have Fled The GOP, But These Bastions Will Be Key For Trump's 2020 Re-election
Ignore the approval polls. They’re mostly trash and it doesn’t negate the fact that President Donald Trump is on track to be re-elected. For those who aren’t brainwashed liberals, this shouldn’t come as a shock. We have a Democratic Party that is making 2020 a year about destroying hundreds of millions of private health insurance plans, giving illegal aliens health care, decriminalizing border
TownhallJan 14 2013
News
Obama's Job One: Middle-Class Employment Problems Loom Over Second Term
On election night in Chicago two months ago, President Barack Obama triumphantly pledged to fight for a middle class he'd appealed to relentlessly -- and successfully -- on the 2012 campaign trail.
"I believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle class," Obama said. "I believe we can keep the
HuffPostJul 26 2019
Opinion
How White Democrats Moved Left
Racial equity has become the defining issue of the moment.
People are always changing their minds, day to day. But over the past 20-odd years one group has shifted to an astounding degree: highly educated white Democrats. I’m not sure I understand why this group has undergone such a transformation, but it has, and the effects are reshaping our politics.
The easiest way to
David BrooksOct 21 2021
Perspectives Blog
AllStances™: Free Speech on Campus
Do college administrators have a duty to protect students against harmful speech and negative emotional consequences? Or is the purpose of college education to expose yourself to different views and build resiliency against bad ideas? Explore all perspectives, stances, and arguments for and against free speech on college campuses with AllStances™ by AllSides.
Henry A. Brechter