News | Economy & Labor Republicans Show They’d Rather Risk Recession Than Allow Democrats to Pass Bills Republicans are making it clear that they are willing to risk a recession in order to gut the Build Back Better Act. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout September 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections GOP Threatens Economic Disaster by Refusing to Raise Debt Limit Before Shutdown Republicans are seemingly threatening economic disaster to score political points. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout September 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Report: McConnell’s Refusal to Raise Debt Ceiling Could Cost 6 Million Jobs The default that the GOP is threatening to create could plunge the U.S. into another Great Recession, economists warn. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout September 21, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections McConnell, Manchin, Sinema and Pharma Dems Are Preparing to Torpedo Everything Mitch McConnell and a clot of conservative Democrats have set us up for an unprecedented calamity. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout September 20, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Barrett Says Supreme Court Isn’t Full of “Partisan Hacks” as It Guts “Roe” Justice Barrett's statements are ironic considering the highly politicized circumstances of her nomination to the Court. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout September 13, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Democrats May Tie Disaster Relief to Raising Debt Ceiling, Putting GOP in a Bind September is shaping up to be either a battle for the ages or a capitulation that seals the downward-spiraling deal. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout September 9, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections On $3.5 Trillion Package, McConnell Meets Defeat — But the Fight’s Not Over The Senate's passage of the reconciliation bill is a hopeful sign for a desperate country. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout August 11, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Senate Passes Infrastructure Bill With Some GOP Support. Don’t Get Too Excited. "Infrastructure Week" is not eternal -- but it sure feels that way. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout August 10, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections McConnell Is Now Promising “Enormous” Debate Over Deficit Which He Helped Create Now that Democrats are in charge, Mitch McConnell is happy to forget the $7.8 trillion deficit that Trump ran up. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 9, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republicans Balk at Infrastructure Adding to Deficit After Opposing Pay-Fors Republicans have rejected proposals to tax corporations and the rich and a proposal to enforce tax law on the rich. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 6, 2021 Truthout