John Kasich Teamed With Clintons on 1990s Law That Helped Double Extreme Poverty

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 15, 2016 As House Budget Committee chairman in the 1990s, Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who has claimed to be a friend of the working poor and a foe of Hillary Clinton, worked with the Clintons to throw Americans off welfare. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Signs New Education Law Granting States Greater Power

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2015 The Every Student Succeeds Act scraps the federally mandated high-stakes testing regime of No Child Left Behind, the despised Bush-era federal education law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congressional Republicans and Democrats Unite on Two Bills to Check Surveillance and Patriot Act

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 1, 2015 Twin bills that would revise the Patriot Act and curb the state surveillance exposed by Edward Snowden look certain to become law as bipartisan support mounts in both chambers of Congress. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Will Liberals and Conservatives Unite to Defeat Fast Track and the TPP?

By Alison Rose Levy Mar 8, 2015 A proposal to give President Obama the power to sign two international trade deals without congressional oversight has commentators on the left and right fuming.A proposal to give President Obama the power to secretly and unilaterally negotiate two big trade pacts has pundits on the left and right fuming. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

State of the Union

Clay Bennett / Truthdig Jan 21, 2015 Dig deeper

Log Jam

Clay Bennett / Truthdig Jan 21, 2015 Dig deeper

Perry’s Farewell

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Jan 18, 2015 Dig deeper

Plain Vanilla Bipartisanship

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 7, 2014 When does Congress become so embarrassed by its laughably low approval ratings that its leaders decide to pass laws to make our country a modestly better place? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ignition

Signe Wilkinson / Truthdig Apr 5, 2014 Dig deeper

Elizabeth Warren’s Bill Could Mean Billions for Taxpayers

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 14, 2014 Sen. Elizabeth Warren has teamed up with Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to introduce a bill that takes aim at the efficacy and malfeasance of government settlements on corporate wrongdoing and could bring billions of dollars back to taxpayers. If corporations have the same rights as people, then they should have to suffer the same consequences. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congress to the Unemployed: Eat Confetti

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 2, 2014 Is this really how we want to start the new year, by denying unemployment benefits to more than a million Americans who have lost their jobs? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tea Party Wishlist

Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Columbus Dispatch Dec 20, 2013 Dig deeper