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House Dems introduce bill recognizing low income mothers raising their kids as work

Buoyed by Mitt Romney publicly expressing that “All moms are working moms,” House Democrats introduced legislation that would revise Clinton-era welfare laws and allow stay-at-home mothers to be compensated for taking care of their young children without worrying about falling into abject poverty. Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) and a number…

Lynn Woolsey: Obama must not ‘capitulate’ to GOP on shutdown (EXCLUSIVE)

WASHINGTON – Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) is urging President Barack Obama to follow in President Bill Clinton’s footsteps and stand strong against Republicans on sharp spending cuts — even as the possibility of a government shutdown looms. “You have to remember what a leader Bill Clinton was in 1995. It…