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What’s notable about this is it’s not just the usual suspects, which is likely why the Washington Post gave it some ink. Bipartisan coalition calls for reforming sequester’s [...]

There is a lot of hype around the showdown over sequestration or the across the board cuts in the federal budget. The worst fear mongering is about the impact on the Pentagon budget.   The [...]

  The “sequester” — automatic across-the-board federal government spending cuts that appears to be inevitable come March 1 — will hurt domestic discretionary spending [...]

As the debate continues on the automatic spending cuts, the deficit, and the 2013 federal budget, it may seem like there is no way forward. Over a trillion has already been cut in the last two [...]

Tuesday night, President Obama delivered his first State of the Union speech of his second term. While it was a mixed bag for progressives on various domestic and foreign policy issues, there was [...]

Just a few points to add to Brother Matt Rothschild’s comprehensive commentary on the speech: It took the president almost 45 minutes to mention foreign policy. Understandably, he still [...]

When Congress came to a deal over the budget negotiations earlier this month, they finally agreed to make the top 1% pay their fair share. It was a huge victory, but noticeably absent from the [...]

One of the best ways to reduce the deficit is to put people back to work.  It’s time to invest in our people, and our communities. Let’s create stable jobs at living wages, rehabilitate our [...]

                      Send President Obama and Congress a Message On Election Day, we sent a message.  Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. End the wars and reinvest in our [...]

Thursday, November 29, 2012 BY MADELYN HOFFMAN GUEST COLUMNIST Bloomfield Life As the calendar propels us toward the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013, there is no issue the U.S. Congress and [...]