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The Price of Consensus: Obama and Congressional Republicans

By Robert Borosage | January 7, 2009

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Reformed to Death: More On the Catastrophic Success of Welfare Reform
 Terrance Heath
06/19/13

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When Paul Ryan first introduced his first “Path to Prosperity” budget proposal, he framed it as an attempt to build upon “successful” welfare reform of the late 1990s. At…



Krugman Discovers Intellectual Property: The 1 Percent Are the Takers
 Dean Baker
06/19/13

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While meandering the streets of Paris, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman apparently awakened to the fact that the assignment of claims to wealth through patents, copyrights, and other forms…



Time Is Running Out To Stop Student Loan Rate Hikes
 Jane Yurechko
06/18/13

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The clock is ticking on student loan interest rates. The rates for federally-backed student Stafford loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1. And what has Congress done to…



Here’s A Sequester Cut You’ll Feel In Your Gut
 Dave Johnson
06/18/13

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You may have heard that Republicans are forcing (even more) cuts in programs like Meals On Wheels. Big deal, another “budget cut” to reduce the dreaded “government…



Call To Action Today To Oppose Right-Wing Food Aid Cuts
 Nehemiah Rolle
06/18/13

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For an estimated 4 million people, including about 210,000 schoolchildren, the farm bill the House is scheduled to start debating today could mean they will be going hungry a lot more often. That…