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Winners and Losers in Washington's Debt Deal (Budget Wars, Poverty, Taxes)

What really happened on Capitol Hill this week, and a look ahead to the budget battles on the horizon. 

The Nation
Proposed Social Security Bargain Makes No Sense for the Elderly (US Politics, Budget Wars, Poverty)

The median income of people over age 65 is less than $20,000. The solution is not to cut that further.

Dean Baker
Eight Principles to Guide You Through the 'Fiscal Cliff' (US Politics, Budget Wars, Economic Policy, Economy)

A few key points to keep in mind during the "fiscal cliff" negotiations.

Robert Reich
Barack Obama
A 'Grand Bargain' on the Fiscal Cliff Could Be a Grand Betrayal (Budget Wars, Economic Policy)

The “fiscal cliff” is being used to demand cuts that would otherwise be politically impossible.

Robert L. Borosage
CliffsNotes for Washington (Congress, Budget Wars, Economic Policy, Taxes)

How to get yourself to the edge of the fiscal abyss and not jump. 

Mattea Kramer and Chris Hellman

Blogs

Federal Workers Nationwide Protest Government Shutdown
Allison Kilkenny

Federal workers all across the country are protesting the government’s shutdown. 

October 1, 2013
America Gets Primaried
John Nichols

The government shutdown is all about electoral politics—particularly the gerrymandering of Republican districts and primaries that make compromise impossible.

October 1, 2013
Amid Shutdown Scrambling, a Powerful Reminder That DC Should Be a State
John Nichols

The city of Washington lacks budget autonomy, so local officials are forced to cobble together a shutdown response. Why?

September 30, 2013
House GOP Debt-Ceiling Plan: Paul Ryan’s Losing Ideas From 2012
John Nichols

In return for allowing the debt ceiling to rise, House Republicans are promoting the agenda voters rejected in 2012.

September 26, 2013
Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule
John Nichols

The Texas senator wants to change Senate rules so his anti-Obamacare strategy can “win” even when it loses.

September 23, 2013
This Week in Poverty: New Data, Same Story (and Same Dangerous House Republicans)
Greg Kaufmann

The new Census data on poverty doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know--nothing will change without a formidable political movement.

September 20, 2013
The Hidden Rot: We Don't Fully Understand the Consequences of Budget Cuts
Allison Kilkenny

Certain media outlets claim the sequestration wasn’t that bad, but that’s only because we don’t fully understand their consequences yet.

September 9, 2013
Austerity Is for the Little People: Syria Edition
Allison Kilkenny

While millions of Americans lose their public services, some officials feel confident the US can handle funding another expensive military operation abroad.

September 3, 2013
NYC's Disappearing Neighborhood Hospitals
Allison Kilkenny

Since 2000, nineteen hospitals have closed across New York City and protesters are now fighting to stop the twentieth closure.

August 19, 2013
Protesters Live in a Tent City to Oppose Post Office Closure
Allison Kilkenny

As more post offices close around the country, activists in California are stepping up and protesting the continuing privatization.

August 12, 2013
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