Fix the Debt Campaign
May MacGuineas talked about U.S. debt and the “fiscal cliff” impending tax increases and budget cuts in January 2013 if Congress failed to reach a budget agreement. Nancy Calo read C-SPAN Ra…
290 viewsMay MacGuineas talked about U.S. debt and the “fiscal cliff” impending tax increases and budget cuts in January 2013 if Congress failed to reach a budget agreement. Nancy Calo read C-SPAN Ra…
290 viewsRobert Levinson talked about sequestration and the “fiscal cliff,” and how sequestration could affect the defense budget and national security policy. “Fiscal cliff” referred to the impendin…
625 viewsStephen Ohlemacher talked about Social Security and its role in negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included c…
1,789 viewsGlenn Thrush and Jonathan Martin talked about the Politico e-book they co-authored, The End of the Line: Romney vs. Obama: The 34 days that Decided the Election, and they responded to teleph…
327 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on the potential for an intense congressional battle over gun control in reaction to the Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school shooting. At th…
149 viewsRepresentative John Yarmuth (D-KY) talks his call along with other congressional Democrats calling for action on gun control. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. N…
237 viewsRepresentatives Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Grace Napolitano (D-CA) talked about mental health issues and the federal government’s role in providing and funding mental health services. They also r…
306 viewsFrancisco Negron talked about the status of schools' emergency plans around the country, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He also outlined the resources ava…
9,852 viewsJohn Fund talked about possible gun control responses to the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that claimed 26 victims, including 20 children aged six and seven. Topics included th…
407 viewsRepresentative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) talked about the status of “fiscal cliff” negotiations, the elementary school shooting in Connecticut, and gun control issues. She also responded to te…
303 viewsJacqueline Simon of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) talked about the potential impact on federal employees of sequestration spending cuts and “fiscal cliff” negotiatio…
405 viewsJames Thurber talked about the electoral college vote, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. The 538 electors in the electoral college meet in their state and vo…
540 viewsJohn Buckley talked about the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and its relationship to the “fiscal cliff,” and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the…
1,710 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments the role of government versus society in preventing shootings such as the December elementary school schooling in Connecticut. Steven Dennis al…
515 viewsMatt Kibbe talked about “fiscal cliff” negotiations, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He also discussed the structure of his FreedomWorks super political ac…
237 viewsGrover Norquist talked about raising taxes as part of negotiations between House Republicans and President Obama to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” He also responded to telephone calls and electro…
33,244 viewsRepresentative John Larson (D-CT) talked about the latest developments in the negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” and congressional Democrats' stance on how spending on programs such a…
229 viewsJim Doyle talked about the concerns of his group, Business Forward, regarding “fiscal cliff” impending tax increases and budget cuts at the end of 2012 if Congress failed to reach a new budg…
622 viewsKim Dixon talked about the temporary payroll tax cuts put in place in 2011, and how they relate to negotiations between Congress and President Obama on avoiding the “fiscal cliff.” Topics in…
320 viewsCharles Clark outlined the domestic programs that would be cut if sequestration and the “fiscal cliff” occured at the end of 2012. Topics included the potential impact of the cuts to various…
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