Dec 03 Watch White House, House Republicans Face Off Over Competing Deficit Reduction Plans White House, House Republicans Face Off Over Competing Deficit Reduction Plans… Continue watching
Dec 03 House Republicans Submit 'Fiscal Cliff' Counter Proposal In the latest move in negotiations toward avoiding what has been termed the "fiscal cliff," Republicans, in a letter to President Obama, rejected a request to sign off on legislation that would generate $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue as… Continue reading
Dec 03 Ask Larry: How Do I Get More Social Security from My Ex? By Paul Solman Outliving your ex-spouse is one way to get a larger Social Security payment. Photo by Noah Clayton via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his… Continue reading
Dec 03 Ask Larry: How Do I Get More Social Security from My Ex? Outliving your ex-spouse is one way to get a larger Social Security payment. Photo by Noah Clayton via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his… Continue reading
Dec 03 Boehner: 'We're Nowhere' on Fiscal Cliff House Speaker John Boehner. File photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. With House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner both digging in their heels on the Sunday talk shows, there was no sign of give in the… Continue reading
Nov 30 Shields and Brooks on X Tax, Hoosiers and the Irish By Leah Clapman Gentle people of the World Wide Web, welcome to another edition of the Doubleheader where we talk about the sport of politics and the politics of sport with none other than New York Times columnist David Brooks and… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Doubleheader: Shields, Brooks on X Tax, Hoosiers and Irish Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on X Tax, Hoosiers and the Irish… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama's Bargaining Skills, Fiscal Mandates and Filibusters Shields and Brooks on Obama's Bargaining Skills, Fiscal Mandates and Filibusters… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Senators Spar Over Filibusters, Blaming Rules for Constant Partisan Gridlock Senators Spar Over Filibusters, Blaming Rules for Constant Partisan Gridlock… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Obama Sticks to His Guns, But Congress Negotiations on Deficit Deal 'Go Nowhere' Obama Sticks to His Guns, But Congress Negotiations on Deficit Deal 'Go Nowhere'… Continue watching