Why is Boehner again holding the debt ceiling hostage? It’s past time for him and his party to stop this type of childish ploy and actually get to work.

Long-term, we’re still in trouble due to a variety of factors, and neither our government nor our media seem to know how to actually look at the federal deficit.

The United States has more people in prison today than the population of Stalin’s Gulag Archipelago when it was at its peak, because of the ineffective drug war.

Representative Raul Labrador (R-ID): Subsidizing healthcare is not what Republicans should be about.

Obama’s offering an olive branch, trying to find middle ground, and GOP leaders are still balking because of the tax increases.

The Tea Party seems to not comprehend that there aren’t enough cuts possible to make up the budget deficit.

This kind of selective targeting when it comes to tax liability is typical of Republicans; punish the little guy in every way possible.

Conservatives all over the place are upset about Paul Ryan’s budget plan, which is basically last year’s plan recycled. Must have had some copies left over.

Considering our recent growth in the jobs market, despite a tax increase and uncertainty about the sequester, it’ll be interesting to see what happens in March and April.

The Donald’s amenable, but are White House Tours essential to the Secret Service’s mission? And can the President accept private donations to cover programs cut by the sequester?

The ADP employment report showed that the U.S. private sector added 198,000 new jobs in February, which was well above expectations.

Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas appears to believe that the national debt is as immoral as slavery.

It’s hard to believe that the GOP is willing to make devastating cuts that would hurt constituents in their home states just to make a point.

If we want people to think well of our progressive agenda, then we need to use our own words.

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters of the U.S. Army compared it to ‘Donald Trump claiming he can’t afford a cab.’

The findings may give the president political leverage to get some of his demands met by Congress, and puts pressure on Congressional Republicans to actually do something real about the sequester.

This unexpected slowing of the growth of healthcare costs is not going to address the entire deficit either.

An honest effort to negotiate lowering the deficit would not and should not include holding the debt ceiling hostage again.

The bill has been overshadowed lately by the increasing frenzy in getting the fiscal cliff measures passed.

If American people need to sacrifice to help with government spending (such as accepting cuts to Medicare and changes to Social Security), Congress should have to as well.