Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner announced today in a dramatic shift that the House would vote on clean debt limit hike without any strings attached.   This dramatic reversal has irritated many conservatives who wanted a bold approach to raising the debt limit but could never unite around one specific approach. “Right […]

A polarized Senate failed to renew emergency unemployment insurance for 1.7 million people who lost their benefits when the federal program expired at the end of December. The vote mainly went along party line, with Democrats coming within one vote shy of the 60 vote needed to break a Republican filibuster. Republicans are willing to […]

In the State of the Union Address the president was committed to passing comprehensive immigration reform measure.  “It is time to heed the call of business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders, and law enforcement – and fix our broken immigration system.” Immigration reform passed the Senate last year, but has stalled in the House and […]

Immigration reform has been hotly contested issue for both Republicans and Democrats, albeit for different reasons.  Then-President Bush tried but failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform in 2007, the main sticking point offering legal status to millions of illegal immigrants at the same time securing the U.S. border. While campaigning for president then Senator Obama […]

Last night the President touched on the cost of higher education in his “State of the Union Address,” and its impact on middle class families.   “We’re shaking up our system of higher education to give parents more information, and colleges more incentives to offer better value, so that no middle-class kid is priced out […]