Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJul 16, 2011
President Obama has had it up to here with the preening and posturing of Republican "negotiators" who won't negotiate. Who could blame him? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJul 14, 2011
Rather than trying to conciliate the Republicans, Obama ought to speak out against them. The truth is that Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell don’t want to work with him. Instead of surrendering to Republicans and trying to put a positive spin on it, the president should frankly acknowledge the nation’s miseries. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJul 14, 2011
The wounded are especially dangerous fighters. President Obama now occupies the high ground in the debt ceiling debate, having called the Republicans' bluff on the debt. He showed that deficit reduction is not now, and never has been, the GOP's priority. He dare not get overconfident. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 13, 2011
These threatened programs are not government handouts to a privileged class, like defense contractors and bailed-out bankers, who do feel eminently entitled to pig out at the federal trough.Social Security is a particularly weird whipping boy for what ails us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJul 12, 2011
The truth is that Democrats have made clear they are open to a compromise deal on budget cuts and revenue increases. Republicans have made clear they are not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigJul 11, 2011
Suddenly Republican leaders in Congress, after months of staring down the Democrats over a potentially disastrous debt default, began blinking so fast that they might have been signaling in Morse code. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 11, 2011
No visible progress was made during deficit talks Sunday in which President Barack Obama failed to persuade House Republicans to support $4 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 10, 2011
On Saturday evening, Speaker of the House John Boehner accepted less than he previously asked for in a deficit reduction plan. He slashed the GOP demand for total cuts from $4 trillion to, roughly, the $2 trillion suggested by the White House, and he tentatively agreed to some form of tax increase. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 10, 2011
In a news release from the office of Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator criticizes suggestions made by officials that Social Security is eligible for the cutting block in deficit negotiations between President Obama and congressional Republicans. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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