Saturday, March 1, 2025
■ The Week in Review
"An utter embarrassment for America. This whole sad scene," wrote U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy.
By Jake Johnson • Feb 28, 2025
The Office of Personnel Management "does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency," wrote Judge William Alsup.
By Jake Johnson • Feb 28, 2025
"Let us understand that reality and not play along with this charade," the Senate HELP committee ranking member said before a vote on the labor secretary nominee.
By Brett Wilkins • Feb 27, 2025
"Instead of cutting Social Security and giving tax breaks to billionaires, Congress must expand Social Security so that every senior in America can retire with the dignity and the respect that he or she deserves," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
By Jake Johnson • Feb 27, 2025
"The lengths to which the government is going to flout a court order, all for the goal of ending lifesaving humanitarian assistance, is staggering," said the director of Public Citizen Litigation Group.
By Eloise Goldsmith • Feb 27, 2025
The Tesla, promises an advertisement posted in London, "goes from zero to 1939 in three seconds."
By Julia Conley • Feb 27, 2025
"This is nothing more than a backdoor benefit cut and an insult to Americans who have paid into the system and earned their Social Security—all to pay for trillions in new tax cuts for the wealthy," said Democratic Rep. John Larson.
By Jake Johnson • Feb 27, 2025
A former member of the National Economic Council under Biden asked if anyone can "think of another way to save over $38 billion that doesn't involve vandalizing agencies."
By Eloise Goldsmith • Feb 26, 2025
"Lee Zeldin is willing to go so far as to break established law to pay back the corporate executives and polluters who spent millions to get Donald Trump elected," said one climate leader.
By Julia Conley • Feb 26, 2025
"We expect every Republican who voted for the budget resolution to hold a town hall during recess on what parts of Medicaid and SNAP they want to cut," said the national director of the Working Families Party.
By Jake Johnson • Feb 26, 2025
"House Republicans have ignored the demands of their constituents and instead chosen to side with their billionaire donors."
By Jake Johnson • Feb 26, 2025
"No federal government has ever before threatened government workers with mass firings," said one economic analyst, "and it is starting to scare the daylights out of consumer."
By Julia Conley • Feb 25, 2025
"In this bill, Republicans are saying the quiet part out loud: Billionaires, big companies, and special interests not only deserve a tax break, but that it should be paid for by everyday Americans."
By Jake Johnson • Feb 25, 2025
