Who gets spared and who gets gored in new budget
Who Gets Spared And Who Still Suffers Under Congress’s Latest Budget Deal On Monday evening, House and Senate negotiators unveiled a bill that fills in the details ofthe budget agreement reached at the...
View ArticleAmerica in 2013, as Told in Charts
CONTRIBUTING OP-ED WRITER By STEVEN RATTNER Published: December 30, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/opinion/america-in-2013-as-told-in-charts.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=1& Looking back...
View ArticleThis Week’s Winners & Losers
january 2014 NPP’s Weekly Roundup This week, lawmakers introduced a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that will finally complete the budgeting process for the federal government’s fiscal year 2014,...
View ArticleOn the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Chips Away at Social Safety Net, and...
Tuesday, 21 January 2014 13:42By Jim Javinsky, The Thom Hartmann Program | Video Report...
View Article2014 State of the Union Response
The Green Shadow Cabinet has responded to the 2014 State of the Union address with a critique of the policies, priorities and omissions made by President Barack Obama on Tuesday night. The following...
View ArticleThese 89 Democrats Voted to Cut $8.7 Billion from Food Stamps
Wed Jan 29, 2014 at 10:33 AM PST by Liberty Equality Fraternity and Trees Today, the House passed the 2014 Farm Bill 251 to 166. 162 Republicans voted for it. 63 voted against it. 103 Democrats voted...
View ArticleTalking Points on Minimum Wage
From: Emma Shapiro (CAPAF) <eshapiro@americanprogressaction.org> Date: Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:22 AM Subject: Pre-SOTU Materials To: “Emma Shapiro (CAPAF)”...
View ArticleSHOCKING: 97% of foodstamp cuts to target just 15 blue states, including New...
Date: Feb 02, 2014 11:50 A.M. From: Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos Subject: SHOCKING: 97% of foodstamp cuts to target just 15 blue states, including New York There is a horrifying twist on the $8.7 billion...
View ArticleThe Madness Ends Here – NPP’s Weekly Roundup
Febuary 2014 – National Priorities Project Beginning with a debt ceiling crisis in August 2011, all the way through the end of 2013, lawmakers in Washington brought the nation to a series of crisis...
View Article2014 If I had a Trillion Dollars Competition Trailer
Published on Feb 20, 2014 To view the Official Selections and learn more about the “If I Had a Trillion Dollars” Youth Film Festival, visit www.ihtd.org To vote for the People’s Choice Award from March...
View ArticleNEW WAR BUDGET AND STRATEGY ANNOUNCED BY OBAMA TEAM
There is disagreement about the Latin phrase in the logo. Does it mean liberator or oppressor? I guess that’s why they keep it darkly hidden. Notice the arrows through the head above – a throwback...
View ArticleSequestration’s Toll: 70,000 Fewer Low-Income Families Have Housing Vouchers
Special from Off the Charts Blog: Sequestration’s Toll: 70,000 Fewer Low-Income Families Have Housing Vouchers (w/state data) By Douglas Rice Some 70,000 fewer low-income families used housing vouchers...
View ArticleWAND Webinar: Welcome to the Federal Budget Dance
Published on Apr 30, 2014 On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, WAND hosted a webinar called “Welcome to the Federal Budget Dance” featuring presentations from WAND Senior Public Policy Director Kathy Robinson...
View ArticleInfographic: What’s for breakfast?
Designed by Susan Cundiff, Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND)
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