by Pamela Powers Hannley Does Congressman Paul Ryan not realize that the Romney-Ryan ticket lost in November? And that President Barack Obama (who sounded like a progressive in the last days of the campaign) won by a larger margin than any other president in recent history— including John Kennedy, Ronald Raegan, and Bill Clinton? The … Read more
by Pamela Powers Hannley This protest sign thanks Republicans for the poverty, but can we also thank most members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC)? According to a recent article in Common Dreams, three quarters of the CPC (54 members) have not signed a letter which pledges: “we will vote against any and every cut … Read more
by Pamela Powers Hannley Whew…I feel as if we, as a country, have dodged a huge bullet today. As predicted yesterday by former Treasury Secretary Robert Reich, the Chief Justice John Roberts crossed party lines and sided with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to uphold the constutionality of the … Read more