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Raul M. Grijalva

Raul M. Grijalva
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  1. Raul M. Grijalva
    2 hours ago
    I want to hear from you about these year-end fiscal negotiations. I'm supporting a plan that keeps current tax rates for every dollar earned up to $250,000 and goes back to the previous, more sensible rate for higher earnings. We need to invest in job creation, because that's stronger economic medicine than austerity and cat food for grandparents. What do you want to see Washington do?
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    November 30
    There's a good, timely reminder of all the spending cuts we've already put into law. It's time to talk revenue. We cut $1.5 trillion in the Budget Control Act and now conservatives are demanding more before they'll even touch tax rates for the richest. It's just not responsible or honest governing. If you want an all-cuts government plan, you're not living in the real world. Revenue is a big part of the equation.
    Republicans Conveniently Forget All the Cuts Obama's Already Made
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    Republicans want more spending cuts, ignores all the cuts already made.
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    November 29
    The Los Angeles Times has a good story about those of us trying to get some real jobs legislation passed, even in this climate of ignoring the issue and talking about cuts to Medicare as the cure for all ills. The media is missing the story...
    , pure and simple. We need jobs, and that's what's going to get the economy working again. People employed and paying taxes. Not cuts to school lunch programs. It's clear, and the people have spoken.
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    As deadlines approach, some call for more investments
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    The dominant voices in Washington have been possessed in recent days with finding the right combination of tax increases and spending cuts to avoid year-end budget outcomes allegedly so hazardous they are compared with a “cliff.”
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    November 28
    Just a quick note for the protect-the-rich-from-the-rest-of-us crowd. Sixty percent of the country supports those making more than $250,000 paying their fair share in taxes. Anyone here feel like lower earners should shoulder more of the burden instead?
    Post-ABC poll: Support for reducing the nation's budget deficit, Nov 20-25, 2012
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    Post-ABC poll: Support for reducing the nation's budget deficit, Nov 20-25, 2012
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    November 28
    I have an op-ed in The Hill this morning asking the media and our professional pundits why they refuse to talk about jobs: "Getting more people to work and paying taxes will bring much greater rewards than cutting school lunch programs. The media, the Beltway gang, and some of my colleagues who can’t wait to cut a deal — at any cost to the country and their own constituents — just don’t seem to understand that."
    What we need is a New Deal - The Hill
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    Fiscal negotiations are the talk of Washington, but they’re not the talk around the dinner tables of millions of hard-working Americans. As usual, the conventional wisdom — and a lot of the media — is missing the real story.
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    November 27
    I went on CNBC a few minutes ago to talk about our fiscal negotiations and why protecting working people and retirees has to be our priority, not impressing conservative ideologues. The host kept blaming me personally for the market ticking downward during the interview. It was a lot of bunk. Rep. Pelosi's staff took notice.
    Twitter / fshakir: CNBC anchor stokes market panic ...
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    November 27
    Sen. McCain has been merciless in pushing the idea that there's a big, undefined conspiracy at work in the response to the Benghazi consulate attack. Fox News just interviewed Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Tom Ricks about this, and they kicked him off before he could even give much of an answer. Take a look.
    Pulitzer Prize-Winning Fox News Guest Given Quick Exit
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    Pulitzer Prize-winning defense reporter Thomas E. Ricks made an an appearance on Fox News this morning to talk about the Obama administration's response to the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi. As you'll see in the clip below, the segment didn't go exactly how Fox News anchor Jon Scott.....
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