With just two weeks until the sequestration cuts are set to begin, Senate Democrats have finally released their plan to address them. The Democrats’ bill would delay the sequesters for roughly a year by replacing them with $110 billion in alternative deficit reduction. The proposal is known as The American Family Economic Protection Act. Half [...]
Senate Dems Release Their Sequestration Alternative |
| By: Jon Walker Friday February 15, 2013 7:43 am |
Sequestration Cuts Even More Likely |
| By: Jon Walker Friday February 8, 2013 9:45 am |
The sequestration cuts maybe one of the worst policies Congress has ever knowingly created yet with each passing day the chance of them actually going into effect grows. We are now three weeks away from the cuts going into effect and Senate Democrats still haven’t even come up with what would be an opening proposal [...]
Senate Democrats Really Don’t Want to Govern |
| By: Jon Walker Thursday January 24, 2013 12:29 pm |
Millions of voters across the country gave Democrats a majority in the Senate this past November. They gave Democrats the power to fully govern the chamber. Democrats in the Senate were handed the ability to pass any bill they wanted and approve any nominee by President Obama they deem qualified. Today the Senate Democratic caucus decided [...]
The Most Important Vote of the Congressional Term |
| By: Jon Walker Tuesday January 22, 2013 8:47 am |
We are likely only days away from the most important vote of this Congressional term and it will not be about a piece of legislation. With a divided Congress and a deeply conservative House Republican caucus the chances for major legislative accomplishments this year are remote. The most important vote will be about something more [...]
Only Thing Worse than Having the Fed Run Mostly by Banksters is… |
| By: Jon Walker Monday June 6, 2011 1:41 pm |
What is the only thing worse than having monetary policy in America run indirectly mostly by the banksters and large financial institutions? The banksters having total control of monetary policy.
Democrats Blame Senate GOP for Failure to Govern; Voters Still Blame Democrats |
| By: Jon Walker Thursday July 15, 2010 8:15 am |
Democrats have failed to govern, despite occupying large majorities in Congress and the Presidency. Their failure is not just in situations where external factors limit their control, such as the economy and foreign affairs. They are failures by their own standards. They have repeatedly failed to fulfill promises when they are capable of delivering. For [...]



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