Republicans
Sequester sends San Jose, Calif., rents through roof
September 3, 2013Some 17,000 tenants on the Federal Section 8 housing program in Santa Clara County recently received rent hikes of 10 percent or more. The area has very nearly the highest housing cost of any place in...
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GOP judge launches yet another assault on the NLRB
August 26, 2013A Republican-named federal judge took another hack at the NLRB, ruling that President Obama illegally named its top enforcement officer.
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Counseling center shutdown teaches important health care lessons
August 13, 2013A right-wing governor has used an unreliable study and nonexistent federal requirements to replace local, community-based, nonprofit health care providers with out-of-state for-profit companies.
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No limit to how ridiculous Republicans can get
August 13, 2013How embarrassing it must be to be a Republican today.
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The annual budget kabuki is not kabuki this year
August 8, 2013For the past several years the winter months in Washington have been consumed in political showdowns over the federal budget.
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