This Week's Agenda: Obama's Bus Tour, Super Committee, Perry's Bid
President Obama is departing today for his three-day bus tour through the Midwest, where he will stop in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. With his poll numbers slipping, Obama will be talking with...
View ArticleBig Ideas to Fix the Economy: Boost Housing Prices
On the heels of the debt ceiling crisis, Congress has established a "super committee" to find ways to reduce America's debt. The twelve-member committee began work on debt-reduction strategies this...
View ArticleListener Responses: Big Ideas To Fix The Economy
This week we're talking about ways to fix the economy. President Obama is currently on a bus tour, talking to voters in Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota about his plan to boost the economy. Back in...
View ArticleIf You Were On Our Super Committee...How Would You Solve Debt?
Congress has a super committee, and we're looking for our own. Do you have an interest in the issues, and the problem-solving skills to tackle them? While politicians in Washington haggle over spending...
View ArticleCongressional Debt Panel Faces Steep Challenges
The twelve-member joint Congressional "super committee" that has been tasked with creating a deficit reduction plan that both Republicans and Democrats can stomach — by Thanksgiving, no less — has a...
View ArticleBad News Roundup: Poverty Rises, Income Drops, Super Committee Meets
A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the number of Americans living in poverty at an all-time high and the median income dropping—just in time for a deficit reduction super committee hearing...
View ArticleDebt Committee Dems Propose First Plan for Cuts
Democrats on the the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the Super Committee, gave their first proposal to the committee Republicans on Wednesday. The committee is...
View ArticleDemocratic Members of 'Super Committee' Release Plan
The Congressional "super committee" charged with tackling the country's debt held its first public hearing in more than a month. With less than a month before the deadline for the panel's final report,...
View ArticleNo Deal in Sight for 'Super Committee'
The Democrats and Republicans on the deficit reduction 'Super Committee' remain hundreds of billions of dollars apart, just weeks shy of the Thanksgiving deadline. And that's not the only action on the...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics: Cain Stained, Super Committee Struggles
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on The Brian Lehrer Show, USA Today...
View ArticleSuper Committee Comes Up For Air
The Joint Deficit Reduction "Super Committee," put in charge with finding $4 trillion to cut from the deficit, held their fifth public meeting on Tuesday. But the fate of the Super Committee remains...
View ArticleThis Week's Agenda: Greece, Europe, The Super Committee
As Greece negotiates a new unity government, Europe watches closely for signs of a widening crisis. In the U.S. a deadline for members of a congressional "Super Committee" to reach an agreement...
View ArticleThis Week's Agenda: GOP Campaign, Super Committee
Coming up, The Takeaway looks ahead to the week's top news.
View ArticleDebt Committee Impasse May Keep Deficit Talks Going Through 2013
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on The Brian Lehrer Show, Politico...
View ArticleSuper Committee Deadline Approaching
With just under ten days to go until the "super committee" reaches its deadline, the 12 Republicans and Democrats that make up the group will have to agree on $1.2 trillion of deficit reduction or else...
View ArticleOpinion: If the Supercommittee Fails, We're All in Big Trouble
There is a ticking clock on the front page of the Washington Post. Surprise of all surprises - our country is staring down yet another huge budget deadline. The so called Supercomittee must piece...
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Super Committee Struggles: What $1.2 Trillion in Cuts Looks Like
Should the deficit reduction super committee fail to cut at least $1.2 trillion in spending, a trigger will do it for them, taking an axe to defense spending while largely sparing entitlement...
View ArticleRep. James Clyburn on the Super Committee
It's mid-November which means that most Americans are thinking about the home stretch towards Thanksgiving: packing bags, confirming reservations, looking up recipes. But in Washington, there's a whole...
View ArticleOpinion: Voters Need to Hold 'Not So Super Committee' Accountable
Maybe certain mild-mannered members of Congress will reveal their capes, leap into the air and prove to us they are worthy of the title Super Committee. More likely, though, the days ahead will bring...
View ArticleLawmakers Say 'Super Committee' is Likely to Fail
After months of budget negotiations, tensions between Congressional "super committee" members have reached what seems to be a breaking point. With only three days left before their deadline to cut 1.2...
View ArticleTop of the Hour: Third Day of Protests in Tahrir Square, Morning Headlines
As thousands of demonstrators return to the streets to protest the Egyptian military's rule, the Egyptian health ministry says at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds wounded since Sunday.
View ArticleOpinion: Obama Misplayed the Super Committee
I've been thinking back to how fiscally related debates have been going since President Obama took office, and trying to take a wider angle lens look at how we've gotten from the heady days when he...
View ArticleChris Matthews on Disappointment with Obama, Super Committee's Crying 'Uncle'
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Chris...
View ArticleGrover Norquist on the Failure of the 'Super Committee'
Disappointing many, but surprising few, the so-called Congressional "super committee" tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions announced it had failed to reach an agreement on...
View ArticleSuper Fallout: Why the Debt Committee Failed
TIME's Jay Newton-Small says that poor voter turnout means that most people aren't represented in the United States' most representative body. Congress is representing the extremes, and that's why it...
View ArticlePaul Krugman: Super Committee Failure is a Good Thing
Recap from It's A Free CountryPaul Krugman says we need to leave Social Security and Medicare alone, raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, and get over our fear of government spending—which is why...
View ArticleSenate Looks to Pass Payroll Tax Cut
The "super committee" has failed. Obama is pushing his Jobs Act. Congress is coming back from a week-long Thanksgiving holiday still looking for ways to stimulate the economy and score political points...
View ArticlePaul Krugman: Super Committee Failure is a Good Thing
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Paul...
View ArticleOpinion: Giving Up on Congress is Obama's Best Decision
President Obama has found a difficult adversary in the nation's unemployment numbers, though after three years he is starting to make headway. He needs to hold his fire in his duel with a Republican...
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