Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:17 pm
...Americans, (click here) who have a reputation for optimism, have a sharply pessimistic take on their government after years of disappointment in Washington.
The percentage of Americans saying the nation is heading in the right direction hasn’t topped 50 in about a decade. In the new poll, 70 percent lack confidence in the government’s ability “to make progress on the important problems and issues facing the country in 2014.”
The poll comes about two months after partisan gridlock prompted the first government shutdown in 17 years....
...Local and state governments inspire more faith than the federal government, according to the poll, with 45 percent at least moderately confident in their state government and 54 percent expressing that much confidence in their local government....
The US House said it won't put the unemployment extension on it's January calendar. The US House is living to play with the Debt Ceiling. They will practice brinkmanship until the last minute AGAIN. President Obama needs to address these issues when he speaks about the reason why it is in the best interest of the nation to extend unemployment benefits.
As it stands right now, the US House is going to grand stand on the fact the US Senate is spending AGAIN rather than working on the National Debt and the Debt Ceiling. President Obama has to speak to the nation to have them understand that progress has been made on the nation's budget and that progress translate into reducing the Nation's Debt and how that will end the continual rising Debt Ceiling. If the President doesn't address this in a way to empower Americans to take a stand and resolve their anxiety over the fiscal condition of the country today and in their children's future; the US House Republicans will play politics that say, "Democrats are nothing but tax and spend."
While most Americans understand that unemployment benefits continue to support the USA economy, it is still spending and seems counter intuitive to the nation's best fiscal outcomes.
The two year budget agreement appears to be more of an appeasement to Ryan than a real accomplishment by Murray. The Democrats need to remind Americans while the controversial aspects of the budget seems to be a win for the US House, in actuality SSI, Medicare and Medicaid were maintained while the task remains to raise the cap on the program. They need to remind the nation that simply raising the cap on the programs will solve the fiscal challenges and the sooner that is completed the better the outcome for the Seniors and Poor. Democrats need to remind the nation, the US House isn't interested in solving the problems of these programs, but, only interested in ending them and the Dems prevented that from happening.
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The US House said it won't put the unemployment extension on it's January calendar. The US House is living to play with the Debt Ceiling. They will practice brinkmanship until the last minute AGAIN. President Obama needs to address these issues when he speaks about the reason why it is in the best interest of the nation to extend unemployment benefits.
As it stands right now, the US House is going to grand stand on the fact the US Senate is spending AGAIN rather than working on the National Debt and the Debt Ceiling. President Obama has to speak to the nation to have them understand that progress has been made on the nation's budget and that progress translate into reducing the Nation's Debt and how that will end the continual rising Debt Ceiling. If the President doesn't address this in a way to empower Americans to take a stand and resolve their anxiety over the fiscal condition of the country today and in their children's future; the US House Republicans will play politics that say, "Democrats are nothing but tax and spend."
While most Americans understand that unemployment benefits continue to support the USA economy, it is still spending and seems counter intuitive to the nation's best fiscal outcomes.
The two year budget agreement appears to be more of an appeasement to Ryan than a real accomplishment by Murray. The Democrats need to remind Americans while the controversial aspects of the budget seems to be a win for the US House, in actuality SSI, Medicare and Medicaid were maintained while the task remains to raise the cap on the program. They need to remind the nation that simply raising the cap on the programs will solve the fiscal challenges and the sooner that is completed the better the outcome for the Seniors and Poor. Democrats need to remind the nation, the US House isn't interested in solving the problems of these programs, but, only interested in ending them and the Dems prevented that from happening.
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WASHINGTON — As Congress returns to session next week, (click here) House Democrats and Republicans are still nowhere near an agreement to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program.
On Monday, Sen. Harry Reid is scheduled to bring a three-month extension of the program without a way to offset the cost up for a vote. It’s unclear whether it has enough support to pass, but even if it does, House Republicans say they won’t agree to any extension, for any length of time, without a cost offsetting provision.
“It’s hard for me to know if the Democrats are sincere about this. I must say I have my doubts,” Rep. Tom Cole told BuzzFeed. “There’s no way there’ll be an extension of extraordinary unemployment without a pay-for.”
House Speaker John Boehner has said he won’t support an extension without a cost offsetting measure as well....
