Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 4, 2013
“The fiscal cliff deal, approved by Congress on New Year's Day, eliminates most of the more than $1.4 billion in remaining funding from the federal health law for new nonprofit, customer-owned health plans designed to compete against the major for-profit insurers,” reports MedPage Today. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJan 4, 2013
During the halcyon 1990s, we labeled annual congressional temper tantrums for what they were: standard, if boring, budget impasses. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 4, 2013
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The fiscal cliff is delayed, the 113th Congress is sworn in, the NDAA is signed, the Violence Against Women Act is killed and the LA Times is reborn. Dig deeper
Staff / TruthdigJan 4, 2013
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The fiscal cliff is delayed, the 113th Congress is sworn in, the NDAA is signed, the Violence Against Women Act is killed and the LA Times is rebornThis week on Truthdig Radio: The fiscal cliff is delayed, the 113th Congress is sworn in, the NDAA is signed, the Violence Against Women Act is killed and the L. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJan 4, 2013
To say that Congress looked like a clown show this week is an insult to self-respecting clowns. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 3, 2013
Perhaps the bookers over at Fox News decided to get Rep. Adam Smith, one of 16 Democrats who voted against the fiscal cliff deal, on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday because they thought the congressman would agree with the program's hosts. If that was the case, they were sorely mistaken. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 3, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including an update on Hillary Clinton's health and a House Republican who says you shouldn't send any more donations to his fellow GOP congressmen. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigJan 3, 2013
To be deemed a serious analyst at the moment seems to require a lot of hand-wringing and sneering over how awful Congress looked over the last few days as it rushed a fiscal cliff deal into law. So permit me to burn my membership card in the League of Commentators and Pundits. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 3, 2013
Phony-baloney tax cuts, a delay in spending reductions, an increase in the deficit and lots more work to be done -- Heidi Moore at The Guardian details the fiscal cliff solution that isn't. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigJan 2, 2013
The last time the debt ceiling had to be raised, in 2011, Republicans demanded major cuts in programs for the poor as well as Medicare and Social Security. They got some concessions from the White House but didn’t get what they wanted -- which led us to the fiscal cliff. So we’ve come full circle. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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