Sen. Sanders Lays Into Obama for Attacking Social Security

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 14, 2013 The senator stood before a crowd of retirees, veterans and their supporters Thursday to point out that the president's proposal for a "Chained CPI" adjustment to the calculation of retirement benefits would wreak destruction on the lives of elderly and disabled Americans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pennsylvania House Takes Aim at Unemployment Payouts

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2011 Pennsylvania's GOP-controlled House of Representatives will consider a bill that would change the way unemployment benefits are calculated, taking almost $500 million out of jobless residents' pockets each year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Trillion-Dollar Public Benefits Gap Widens

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2011 State governments are looking at a cumulative shortfall of at least $126 trillion needed to pay for pension and retirement health care services, The Pew Center on the States reported in a study published last week . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Tough Talk From Obama on America’s Unemployment Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2010 In a Monday press conference, President Barack Obama threw down once again in his ongoing battle to extend unemployment benefits, making his displeasure with his opponents in Congress eminently clear (continued) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Finally, a Little Hope for the Unemployed?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2010 President Obama isn't letting some ornery GOP types in Congress get in the way of making another push to extend unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans -- or so we hope. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pitfalls of Soaking the Rich

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Jul 7, 2010 Rich Trumka -- the AFL-CIO president intercepts any attempted honorific with an easy "Call me Rich" -- comes armed with charts. His first one is, literally, in shades of gray. Its message is anything but. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

House Shoots Down Unemployment Bill

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2010 House Democrats pushed for it, but on Tuesday opponents of a bill that would extend unemployment benefits for Americans long out of work won this round of legislative jostling over how to help struggling job hunters (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Snag in Jobs Bill Could Hit Struggling States

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2010 Strapped-for-cash states may be up the creek on this one: A jobs bill has stalled in the Senate, jeopardizing billions in federal aid to struggling states. Local and state officials are warning of layoffs in the hundreds of thousands and drastic spending cuts if the bill is not resuscitated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Standoff on Unemployment Inches Toward Resolution

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 Four Republicans, including Scott Brown of Massachusetts, broke ranks Monday to help Democrats move an extension of unemployment benefits forward. The Dow may be over 11,000 again, but real unemployment is hovering around 17 percent, close to an all-time high. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Moderate Republican: An Endangered Species

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 24, 2010 Boy, the Republicans know how to make Barack Obama look good. What are they going to do now, threaten to repeal a law that forces insurance companies to cover the sick? Or block the provision that allows you to keep your out-of-work kids on your policy until they are 26?Boy, the Republicans know how to make Barack Obama look good. What are they going to do now, threaten to repeal a law that forces insurance companies to cover the sick? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Krugman: ‘Bipartisanship Is Now a Foolish Dream’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 Someone might want to call President Barack Obama's attention to the main message of Paul Krugman's latest Op-Ed column in The New York Times: This whole bipartisanship idea isn't going to catch on in Congress Krugman takes the recent example of the bill-blockading gymnastics of Sen Jim Bunning (pictured above), along with (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Jim Bunning Feels Jim Bunning’s Pain

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2010 Objection-raising robot Sen. Jim Bunning sure had his day, and his night, on Friday, what with his single-handed stymieing of the proposed extension of health care and unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans. But, as he pointed out near the end of Friday's jousting session on the Senate floor, it's not as if he wasn't inconvenienced himself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )