Sixteen Republicans take a step to the left...for now.
On Thursday, the Senate voted to begin debate on gun-control. The vote marked the first time gun legislation will be argued in the upper chamber since the 1990's. The final vote to begin debate was 68 to 31, with 16 Republicans crossing the isle to allow arguments to proceed.
There's no such thing as a safe tar sands pipeline.
Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. As expected, both supporters and opponents of the toxic tar sands project stood their ground in testimony about the effects of completing the pipeline.
Will the GOP's refusal to compromise help stop chained CPI?
President Obama has officially released his fifth annual budget. Once again, the president has put forward a mix of infrastructure spending, investments in education and research, and a plan for additional deficit reduction. Unlike previous budget plans, however, this new proposal offers cuts to Social Security and Medicare, in an attempt to bring Republicans to the negotiating table.
Daily Topics - Tuesday April 9th, 2013
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Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls
Surprise! Republicans lied about U.S. tax rates!
It's one of Republicans' favorite lies – that Americans are burdened with the weight of one of the world's highest tax rates. Unsurprisingly, it couldn't be further from the truth. A new report from Citizens for Tax Justice shows that in 2010, the United States collected less in taxes as a percentage of GDP than all but two industrialized nations that make up the Organization for Economic Development.
Daily Topics - Monday April 8th, 2013
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Hour One: Why the billionaires are fans of chained CPI & what it means for you - Nicole Woo, Center for Economic Policy & Research (CEPR)
Hour Two: Dr. Mike Newcomb takes your calls...
There is nothing "grand" about Obama's "Grand Bargain"
Despite the fact that Americans want Medicare and Social Security protected, President Obama has once again included cuts to the vital programs as part of his new budget proposal. As he's done previously, the President has offered up a change to cost of living increases – called the chained CPI – which reduces benefits paid to seniors, veterans, and the disabled.
Daily Topics - Friday April 5th, 2013
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"In for Thom today, please welcome Dr. Mike Newcomb of 1480AM KPHX, Phoenix, AZ - The Mike Newcomb Show"
The "Grand" Budget isn't grand at all!
It looks like President Obama is still open to negotiations with Republican economic terrorists. Details of the president's budget, set to be released April 10th, show that he will offer significant spending cuts to so-called “entitlement programs”- like Social Security and Medicare – in hopes of attaining a “grand” budget bargain with Congressional Republicans.
Daily Topics - Thursday April 4th, 2013
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"In for Thom today, please welcome Dr. Mike Newcomb of 1480AM KPHX, Phoenix, AZ - The Mike Newcomb Show"
Hour One: MLK's legacy 45 years later... / Plus, voter suppression alive & well in North Carolina - Ian Millhiser, Center for American Progress
I thought Republicans were all about preserving the Constitution...
Republicans in North Carolina say their state can ignore the U.S. Constitution. That state's House Majority Leader Edgar Starnes, and ten of his Republican colleagues, have sponsored legislation which would establish a state religion, and they say it's not up to the federal government to determine whether or not it's constitutional.
Daily Topics - Wednesday April 3rd, 2013
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"In for Thom today, please welcome Dr. Mike Newcomb of 1480AM KPHX, Phoenix, AZ - The Mike Newcomb Show"
Hour One: Bisbee, AZ bucks state law...ok's civil unions - Gene Conners, Bisbee City Council
Why do Tennessee Republicans hate the 17th Amendment?
The Tennessee General Assembly is trying to subvert democracy. Republican lawmakers in that state want to revise our election process, and give themselves the power to select which candidates appear on the ballot for U.S. Senator.
Daily Topics - Tuesday April 2nd, 2013
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Hour One: I am not my politics"
Hour Two: Separation of church and hate? Scottie Nell Hughes, Tea Party News Network
Hour Three: Let's start treating guns like cars - Neil McCabe, Guns & Patriots Newsletter
Connecticut lawmakers take a stand for Newtown victims!
Since the Newtown, Connecticut massacre, the gun-lobby has been squaring off with advocates for stronger gun regulations. And while Congress has barely managed to squeeze in an upcoming vote on modest restrictions, a bi-partisan group of Connecticut lawmakers have reached a deal to implement some of our nation's toughest gun laws.
