Here's what you need to know about Speaker Boehner's so-called Plan B -- or what I like to call "Plan Befuddled." It protects the wealthy at the expense of the middle class:
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To the community of Newtown, let’s show them that not only do we offer words, we offer action – and that action will take the form of passing this legislation to ban assault magazines, to do so in a timely fashion so that in a non-untimely fashion we won’t lose any more lives.- No words can console the parents of the children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School or describe the pain and shock of such an unspeakable tragedy.
The flag at the Capitol flies at half-mast in remembrance of today's victims. Nancy Pelosi shared a link.
I discussed the fiscal cliff this morning on CBS. Democrats have already supported over $1 trillion in Medicare savings and another $1.6 trillion in spending cuts. When are Republicans going to offer revenues?Nancy Pelosi shared a link.
The idea of raising the Medicare age is central to the Republican proposal for resolving the fiscal cliff. There's just one critical problem: It doesn't work. It doesn't have public support. It's unfair. And it doesn't lower health expenditures.