Following the tradition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps, John F. Kennedy’s Peace Corps, and Bill Clinton’s Americorp, the Biden/Harris Administration, through Executive Action, launched the creation of the American Climate Corps On Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Originally a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act that was pulled during negotiations, this Corps, when fully … Read more
One definition of insanity is committing the same act again and again even though there was no positive benefit to the action. MAGA House Republicans want to force the Democrats (and even some Senate Republicans) to agree to their draconian spending cut proposals (including repealing many of the clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction … Read more
This has happened before. Democrats were pessimistic about Bill Clinton’s reelection prospects after the 1994 midterms. He left office in 2001 more popular, thanks to his economic policies (budget surpluses, record employment, the CHIPS Act for Child Healthcare) and opposition to Republican ones than when he was first elected, even after getting impeached on flimsy … Read more
MAGA Economic Terrorists posing as House Republicans have shown they will not budge much right now (or maybe ever) on their unreasonable demands to cut domestic spending (but leave defense spending at high or higher levels and the Trump tax cuts for the rich and largest corporations) in their negotiations with the White House on … Read more
To several objective political observers, the FY 2024 budget deal between Governor Katie Hobbs and Arizona Legislative Republican leadership should not be unexpected. Please click here to view the latest budget documents. In working out a budget deal with the still majority Republican Legislature (several of whom think compromise is a dirty word,) it should … Read more