Eight Years Later, Still No Appetite to Share the Burdens of War

Here’s an interesting response from Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa), senior Republican on the Finance Committee, when asked by a reporter this morning whether Congress intends to pay for the wars it’s launched, or continue to borrow the money and pile onto federal deficits.

Defending America is a number

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Kucinich: War Will Be the Last Thing This Country Can Make

There are plenty of House Democrats poised to vote against a $106 billion emergency spending proposal, most of which would go to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But few are willing to go after the proposal quite the way Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has. From his floor More…