"House Speaker John Boehner yanked the bill to provide $60 billion in emergency aid to states ravaged…"
“House Speaker John Boehner yanked the bill to provide $60 billion in emergency aid to states ravaged by Hurricane Sandy to get back at a top lieutenant who defied him over the Fiscal Cliff fix, Congressional sources said Wednesday.
Boehner was angr…
Over the Cliff
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John Cassidy on why there will be no great cause for celebration even if a fiscal cliff bill passes both chambers of Congress in the next day or two:
It’s a shoddy compromise that does credit to nobody involved, and it raises questions…
"The Senate, in a pre-dawn vote two hours after the deadline passed to avert automatic tax increases,…"
“The Senate, in a pre-dawn vote two hours after the deadline passed to avert automatic tax increases, overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday that would allow tax rates to rise only on affluent Americans while temporarily suspending sweeping, …
Before you toast in the new year, check where the government has…
Before you toast in the new year, check where the government has been allocating your money for the past year with this giant infographic.