1. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delivers a press conference, December 6, 2011

    US Lawmakers Avoid Shutdown, Fight Over Taxes

    The parties agreed to a measure that will keep the government funded through next year but still fight over taxes.

  1. President Barack Obama speaks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington DC, June 9, 2009

    Obama’s Swing State Challenge

    The 2012 election will be decided in twelve battleground states. President Barack Obama struggles in all of them.

  1. President Barack Obama during a briefing in the Oval Office, July 11, 2011

    Obama’s Class Warfare Strategy Has Risks

    Centrist Democrats worry that the president’s “tax the rich” rhetoric could cost them crucial independent votes in the next election.

  1. Old men sitting in front of pool hall discussing crops in Bradgate, Iowa, August 1950

    Social Security Has to Be Changed

    America’s public pension system has to be reformed if it is to remain solvent but Democrats are opposed to changes.

  1. Higher Tax Rates Won’t Boost Revenue

    Income tax receipts in the United States have remained exceptionally constant in recent decades, whatever the top rates.