Budget Cuts
Nurses give qualified support to Sanders-McCain VA proposal
June 10, 2014"While Congress has spent billions on wars and conflicts over the past few years, not enough has been spent to care for service members returning from them."
Read more
Who is to blame for the crisis at the VA?
May 22, 2014U.S. Senate Republicans blocked legislation 11 weeks ago that would have expanded federal health care and education programs for veterans.
Read more
U.K.: Performers condemn woes facing the entertainment arts
May 21, 2014Stage and screen performers face funding cuts to the arts, chronic low pay and the dearth of black and ethnic minority representation.
Read more
Trumka warns Dems: stick by Social Security, Medicare
October 25, 2013LAS VEGAS - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has put lawmakers on notice to stick by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid or face labor opposition at the polls next year.
Read more
Shutdown cost: $24 billion and counting
October 18, 2013The government shutdown may be officially over but its estimated cost of $24 billion to the American taxpayers will continue to rise every day for a long time to come.
Read more