Pema Levy

Republicans’ response to Obama’s deficit-reduction plan — which calls on millionaires and large corporations to pay higher taxes — predictably consisted of two terms: “job creators” and “class warfare.” Who are these job creators, anyway? They want you to think it’s small businesses, but Obama’s proposal to raise taxes on millionaires wouldn’t affect 98 percent […]

Today, the Department of Health and Human services announced that contraception will be included in a list of preventative services that women’s insurance plans will provide free of charge. That means they’ll be provided without co-insurance charges or co-pays. The services include: well-woman visits screening for gestational diabetes human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing for women […]

If there’s a default, there will be a lot of finger-pointing, but most of the blame should fall on Republican leadership in the House. TPM‘s Josh Marshall equated the negotiations between the House, Senate, and administration to a game of chicken, except one of the cars has no driver. No one knows if Republicans have […]

There are two ways for Democrats to assess which of the deals coming out of the debt-ceiling negotiations is best. There are a few deals out there that, according to the polls, will be most popular — ones that would reduce the deficit by up to $4 trillion with a mix spending cuts and revenue […]