The Issue Is Jobs, Not Deficit Reduction The Issue Is Jobs, Not Deficit Reduction
A Democratic congressman tells the president to stop reading from GOP talking points and start borrowing a page from FDR.
Apr 25, 2011 / John Nichols
A Responsible Republican Rejects Paul Ryan’s Fiscal Folly A Responsible Republican Rejects Paul Ryan’s Fiscal Folly
Maine's Susan Collins is no liberal. But she is not about to back Ryan's plan to gut Medicare and Medicaid. Will other GOP senators be as honest in their assessment of a bad bill?
Apr 23, 2011 / John Nichols
Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch
Thanks to Citizens United, thousands of Koch Industries employees were told whom to vote for.
Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch
Enabled by the Citizens United decision, Koch Industries told thousands of employees last October how to vote—and even how to think.
A War Powers Challenge to Obama’s Libya Project A War Powers Challenge to Obama’s Libya Project
President Obama failed to seek a declaration of war before ordering US attacks on Libya. Now, he faces a challenge under the War Powers Resolution.
Apr 20, 2011 / John Nichols
Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals Obama Needs A Budget to Match His Progressive Ideals
Why does President Obama continue to let Republicans define the terms of the budget debate?
Apr 19, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rand Paul’s Right About This: ‘The Military Budget Is Going to Have to Be Cut’ Rand Paul’s Right About This: ‘The Military Budget Is Going to Have to Be Cut’
Unlike Paul Ryan and “deficit hawk” pretenders, Kentucky Republican says Pentagon bloat must be addressed in any serious budget debate.
Apr 19, 2011 / John Nichols
Paul Ryan’s Authoritarian Freakout: Losing Control of Budget Vote, Congressman Screeches ‘Shut it Down’ Paul Ryan’s Authoritarian Freakout: Losing Control of Budget Vote, Congressman Screeches ‘Shut it Down’
What would Ryan's purported heroine, Ayn Rand, make of his big-government control freakery?
Apr 16, 2011 / John Nichols
Most House Democrats Reject Obama’s Austerity Budget Deal With GOP Most House Democrats Reject Obama’s Austerity Budget Deal With GOP
Agreement is approved by House and Senate, but Democratic opposition in the House is striking. In the Senate, Bernie Sanders votes no and says “this budget moves America in e...
Apr 15, 2011 / John Nichols
Stuck in the Middle With Obama: The President Who Still Won’t Take a Side Stuck in the Middle With Obama: The President Who Still Won’t Take a Side
Sort of FDR. Sort of Reagan. The president rejects privatization of Social Security. But he's for austerity and broad cuts. And he admits that what he proposes in his much anticipa...
Apr 13, 2011 / John Nichols