In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on today. ...more

November 4, 2009

After reading Peter Stathis's letter, I realize that I owe an apology to the right wingers out there. ...more

October 28, 2009

Under immense pressure from the liberal wing of his caucus, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told colleagues that he may include a government-run health insurance plan in a health care bill he will soon take to the Senate floor, Democratic senators said on Thursday. ...more

October 23, 2009

This morning as I watched my daughter eat her breakfast before school, I reflected on the America that she is increasingly likely to inherit. ...more

April 7, 2009

The recession is projected to wipe out annual cost-of-living increases for 50 million Social Security beneficiaries for the next three years, something that hasn't happened since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975. ...more

March 31, 2009

In a springtime show of unity, congressional Democrats welcomed President Barack Obama to the Capitol Wednesday and unveiled budget blueprints that embrace his key priorities and point the way for major legislation this year on health care, energy and education. ...more

March 25, 2009

President Barack Obama's ambitious plans to cut middle-class taxes, overhaul health care and expand access to college would require massive borrowing during the next decade, leaving the nation mired far deeper in debt than the White House has previously estimated, congressional budget analysts said Friday. ...more

March 21, 2009

$1.8 trillion Estimated U.S. budget deficit for 2009, according to the Congressional Budget Office ...more

March 21, 2009

President Barack Obama's budget would produce $9.3 trillion in deficits over the next decade, more than four times the deficits of Republican George W. Bush's presidency, congressional auditors said Friday. ...more

March 20, 2009

In his March 13 letter, Peter Stathis accuses me of saying deficit spending is bad when Republicans do it, but OK when President Barack Obama does it. Not true. ...more

March 15, 2009