Pulcer: Checks and balances redefined
The object of Debt Ceiling Hockey is to get the puck into the opposing team’s net. The goalie for the Holy Donkeys was Barack Obama, but being a tall, slim man, he wasn’t well suited for this position.
Leahy’s remarks on Senate passage of debt ceiling agreement
“This is not a solution I would have preferred, but the compromise finally reached by the White House and congressional leaders puts common sense and the national interest above partisanship and ideology.”
Vermont GOP: Republicans in Washington are “changing the conversation” with the debt deal
McDonald: “Behind the leadership of Speaker Boehner and Senator McConnell, we have taken strong steps towards reining in out-of-control spending and getting America’s fiscal house back in order.”
Welch votes against debt ceiling plan; bill authorizes “Ryan team” to make cuts
Vermont’s congressional delegation is split on the so-called Reid-McConnell deal. Sen. Patrick Leahy reluctantly supports the bill. Sanders opposes it, and Welch voted against the debt-ceiling plan.
Leahy: Democrats and Republicans must come together
A my-way-or-no-way faction in the other body has had no qualms about playing Russian Roulette with our entire economy and with every American family in it.
Dunsmore: Accountability matters in debt ceiling coverage
Accountability, not false equivalency, should be mainstream media’s primary focus in debt ceiling coverage.
Right-to-know advocates decry use of Faster FOIA Act as vehicle for budget bill
The Speaker unnecessarily stripped the Faster FOIA Act from S.627, completely replacing the language with the budget bill.
Sanders: Why Americans are so angry about the debt ceiling crisis
Congress is on track to give the American people exactly what they don’t want: major cuts in the most important programs that the middle class needs and wants, and no sacrifice from the wealthy and the powerful.
Stannard: Will McConnell & Co. destroy America to defeat Obama?
It’s not that McConnell can’t work with our president. It’s that he doesn’t WANT to work with our president. McConnell and Boehner never offered a peep of resistance to financing two wars off the books to the tune of over $3 trillion. They went along when former President Bush raised the debt ceiling numerous times. But now it’s a problem.
Kunin: Compromise is not a dirty word
It’s time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all. The real winner of compromise is not either fighting party — it is the American people.
