Every business, every home has a budget. Even if we don't write it down, we all know we have to balance our spending and income and make decisions about what we can afford.
No Labels In The News
Despite the apparent collapse of a governing middle ground, politicians and political scientists believe there are reforms that could re-center the nation’s deliberative process.
August 20, 2012 | in No Labels In The News, No Budget No Pay
On a spring day in 1984, a politician named Tip O’Neill walked to the floor of the U.S. House, his face red with rage. O’Neill’s appearance was unusual. Speakers of the House rarely engage in debate. On this day, however, the Washington veteran was incensed at a rowdy band of Republican rebels who were exploiting a new technology — live telecasts of House debates — to smack Democrats as wasteful and unpatriotic.
August 20, 2012 | in No Labels In The News, Mark McKinnon, Bill Galston
Balancing a checkbook is not just a responsibility – it is an essential task that helps to maintain the financial certainty of each American household. It’s something that we factor in when deciding which groceries to purchase, how much of the mortgage to pay or whether a weekend vacation is affordable. Without an understanding of expenses and revenues, it is almost impossible to make the right choices on spending.
August 20, 2012 | in No Budget No Pay, No Labels In The News, Make Congress Work
Congress doesn't bear all the blame for the public's low opinion of Washington. It's the president's fault, too.
August 20, 2012 | in No Labels In The News, Make the Presidency Work, Make Congress Work, No Budget No Pay, dean heller
Mr. Tannenbaum, chairman and CEO of Fifth Street Capital, LLC, formed the Keeping America Competitive PAC in May and since then he said he’s been listening to business owners and politicians to help inform him on an action plan. Those travels recently took him to Washington, D.C., for a conference held by the No Labels group, a bipartisan organization that states on its website that people need to give up “political labels” in order to work toward solutions.
August 14, 2012 | in No Labels In The News, Bipartisanship, Jim Himes
When working families and communities in Tennessee face problems, they work together to find solutions, and they start fixing. Congress needs a lesson on old-fashioned common sense and problem solving instead of just fighting with each other to score political points.
August 13, 2012 | in No Labels In The News, No Budget No Pay, Make Congress Work
A backlog that has left many government agencies without presidential appointees for months at a time may ease a bit because President Obama signed legislation on Friday exempting scores of government positions from Senate confirmation.
August 13, 2012 | in No Labels In The News, Appointments
Gail Collins writes (column, Aug. 4), “You are probably wondering what your elected officials have been up to.” If their legislative record is any indication, not much.
August 10, 2012 | in No Labels In The News, Dave Walker, No Budget No Pay
Are you a NObama voter? Or will you say Mitt-No! in November? You might not have heard, but the difference-makers in the presidential election this year will be PSVs: problem-solving voters. You know, people who'd like Washington and those we send there to actually work for a change.
August 9, 2012 | in No Labels In The News, Make the Presidency Work, Mark McKinnon, Make Congress Work, Problem-Solving Voter
