John Tierney: “the stagnation of wages is closely related to the persistent lack of demand or weakness in the labor market.”

When we got into Congress that year after that election and the Speaker of the House now was the chairman of this committee, long time from Wisconsin, I offered an amendment to the bill that would fully fund IDEA. Not a single member of…

I am confident we will find ways to disagree without being disagreeable.

There is always a reason. And when you talk about prioritizing, we had amendment after amendment on the Republican side to cut special ed, to provide money for another program.

Understand, I hear horror stories--you know, my constituents calling me--that would stand your hair on end about the way they are being treated by folks like that who end up putting them in a worse situation than they would otherwise be if…