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[...] Social Security is a federal insurance program which has premiums paid from payroll deductions. Wingnuts want [...]

[...] billion from Medicare in one year would be taking more than the entire budget for Medicare, Social Security and all executive functions, as the cuts to Medicare made the expenditure even less. . As [...]

[...] proposal to 'lift families up'? Yup, we get the usual plan to stop welfare, food stamps, Social Security, Employment Security, and Obamacare until Republicans come up with a plan that is perfect so [...]

[...] proposal to 'lift families up'? Yup, we get the usual plan to stop welfare, food stamps, Social Security, Employment Security, and Obamacare until Republicans come up with a plan that is perfect so [...]

[...] higher premiums under Obamacare, can gripe even harder after the 'replacement GOP' plan.] . The GOP plan also would let insurers charge older people more than the ACA does, which could lower premiums [...]

Republicans have been saying for a decade that if the 5%, the wealthiest people in the US, aren't taxed, they will increase the economy by creating jo [...]

[...] a plan that is perfect so noone can 'game the system' and cheat on getting too much. The GOP plan is to lower taxes for people with incomes over $500,000 a year, so low-paid workers can [...]

[...] a plan that is perfect so noone can 'game the system' and cheat on getting too much. The GOP plan is to lower taxes for people with incomes over $500,000 a year, so low-paid workers can [...]

[...] and human neglect party) are going to have difficulty figuring out how to fool the low-paid workers in Arkansas into thinking that no longer being able to afford health insurance again is a [...]

[...] % of the federal budget] and the reductions would be shifted to pay for subsidies to support low-paid workers to get health care policies. This is evidently such a sin that lying to the public was a [...]

[...] too much. The GOP plan is to lower taxes for people with incomes over $500,000 a year, so low-paid workers can continue to wait for decades for better jobs from the 'job creators', while they promise [...]

[...] too much. The GOP plan is to lower taxes for people with incomes over $500,000 a year, so low-paid workers can continue to wait for decades for better jobs from the 'job creators', while they promise [...]

[...] enemy’s triumphant return, but appears to be actively facilitating it as well. It was the Obama administration that delivered five top commanders back to the Taliban in exchange for the token Bowe [...]

[...] , House Republicans hope to leverage future concessions on immigration policy from the Obama Administration using a series of CRs to fund DHS moving forward. While a final version of this [...]

[...] Obama's executive actions in 2012 and 2014. ... Another GOP amendment changes guidance the Obama administration issued in 2011 putting a special priority on deporting criminals, especially sexual [...]

[...] “about 5,400 rebel forces each year for three years.” . This deployment comes as the Obama administration faces increasing criticism for its inaction in Syria. It also follows “the growing [...]

[...] Behind the smoke and mirrors of the claim that the main reason for the Keystone pipeline is for jobs are more important issues. The Republican party can claim that 60,000 new jobs [...]

[...] , especially the Canadian tar sands oil being transferred to Gulf refineries through the Keystone pipeline. The extra refining will cost the petroleum corporations more of their profits, before the [...]

[...] by passing immigration reform, opening diplomatic relations with Cuba and maybe vetoing the Keystone Pipeline, the Republicans have to prove they have workable ideas that will create jobs, improve the [...]

[...] A major step forward here would be for the President to approve the completion of the Keystone Pipeline. . Success for our nation also means embracing diversity – including legal immigrants [...]