114th Congress
January 16, 2015
January 16, 2015
January 15, 2015
January 14, 2015
A week after House Republicans passed a rule that could force a 20% cut in Social Security benefits for 11 million disabled workers and their families, Sen. Rand Paul today joined the GOP attack against Americans who receive Social Security Disability Insurance, trivializing the severity of their conditions and falsely implying that it is easy to qualify.
Issues:Social Security
January 13, 2015
January 12, 2015
Republicans are changing the rules of congressional scorekeeping by requiring CBO and JCT to incorporate “dynamic scoring” into their official estimates of major legislation. They’ve returned to voodoo economics so they can have it both ways – cut taxes and pretend not to increase the deficit.
Issues:Dynamic Scoring
January 7, 2015
House Republicans are bringing up a double whammy on Thursday – ending health care from their employer or altogether for millions of Americans and hugely increasing the deficit by nearly $46 billion over 10 years. The legislation they've proposed would amend the employer responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act to redefine full-time work from 30 hours a week to 40 hours.
Issues:Affordable Care Act