House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who has been slicing deep into the rough when it comes to jobs, found that even at a $10,000 a round golf fundraiser, he can’t keep the gallery quiet.
More than 100 union and community activists in House Speaker John Boehner’s Ohio district figured that the August “district work period”—better known to the rest of us as Congress’ summer vacation—would be a good time to talk with the Republican leader about work or, more specifically, the lack of it for millions of Americans.
The Republican shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has thrown 4,000 FAA employees out of work, and some 70,000 construction workers employed on airport improvement projects can’t go to work because Republicans have blocked funding for the agency and the projects.
Mary Jane says she brought her hand-made sign “Rich Tax Dodgers Pay Your Fair Share” to Capitol Hill this afternoon because:
I’m extremely concerned about the debt ceiling deal. I’m extremely concerned that a “bipartisan” deal will mean big cuts for Social Security and Medicare.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) insists on severe cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and keeping huge tax breaks for millionaires and corporations as part of his debt ceiling plan.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s proposed budget is ”tantamount to a form of class warfare ,” according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ( CBPP ). If enacted, “it could well produce the greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern U.S. history.
Contrary to the way the labor movement is painted by some people out there, we don’t all sing from the same hymn book. In fact, the West Virginia AFL-CIO wants to team up with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on a top priority for the speaker.
There’s a cacophony of misinformation from Fox News, right-wing think tanks and extreme conservative politicians about Social Security . “Privatize it,” they yell. “It’s going broke,” they scream. “Raise the retirement age,” they bellow.
More than 100 House Democrats told House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that his refusal to put possible revenue increases “on the table” during budget talks is not “an acceptable answer” and it puts at risk any chance of reaching a bipartisan solution. In a June 6 letter to Boehner they wrote:
Revenues must be a component of addressing our deficit and debt problems. Solving our fiscal problems with spending cuts alone would be devastating to our economy, to the middle class, and to vulnerable populations like seniors and low-income families.
It’s the 10th anniversary of the Bush tax cut for millionaires , and some millionaires say enough is enough. They’ve bought enough boats, added enough wings to their mansions and put enough of their extra millions in the bank. It’s time to “Tax me” they say.
It’s been four years since low-wage workers got a raise. Sign the petition to tell Congress it’s time to raise the minimum wage.
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