The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 14,000 today for the first time since before the...
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Congress Votes to Suspend the Debt Ceiling
TPM: The House passed a GOP bill suspending the debt ceiling until May 19 on Wednesday by a margin...
Meanwhile, Republicans Will Quietly Raise The Debt Ceiling
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor declared during the GOP's recent retreat that his party was ready...
“We Must Pay Our Bills”
According to this statement from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the GOP is planning to release...
Socialism Has Come
via Bloomberg U.S. corporations’ after-tax profits have grown by 171 percent under Obama, more than...
Shocker: California Raises Taxes, Has Budget Surplus
Nobody could have predicted that after California finally voted to raise taxes, the state would...
Government Shut-Down Fever! Catch It!
Newt Gingrich and other Republicans are once again talking about shutting down the government over...
From the Loopy Old Man News Desk…
Alan Simpson stated the semi-obvious over the weekend: that the fiscal cliff deal isn't really a...
Republican Deficit Disorder
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been making all the Sunday morning rounds today, and his...
Job Growth Beats Expectations Again
There has been speculation that the economy may slow down slightly because of supposedly weak...
Lets Be Clear
Lawrence O'Donnell asks the essential questions for anyone who doesn't believe the president got...
About that $4 Trillion Deficit
A quick word about this: The CBO determined Tuesday that the package, hammered out late Monday...
How Far We’ve Come
This wasn't very long ago. Every single Republican primary candidate raised their hand when asked...
The Next Liberal Freak-Out
Dean Baker in the Guardian: Given his track record, there is little doubt that President Obama can...
Further Context on the Fiscal Cliff Deal
Sullivan: And so you see that Obama's re-election has meant the biggest increase in revenues to the...
House Republicans Killing the Deal
Here's the latest. The Senate passed the deal last night. It included raising taxes on the top...
The Deal
Here's what it looks like as of late last night: Officials in both parties said the agreement would...
President Cautions Against ‘Both Sides’ Meme
The president on Meet the Press: "The only thing I would caution against, David, is I think this...
Quote of the Morning
"Republicans made every effort to reach the ‘balanced’ deficit agreement that the president...
Republican Party’s Year In Quotes: Rape Edition
On Up With Chris Hayes this morning, Tea Party Express Chairwoman Amy Kremer looked right into the...
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