New Democratic Budget Committee Chair Has Harsh Words For Austerity

New Democratic Budget Committee Chair Has Harsh Words For Austerity: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) chaired her first hearing as head of the Senate Budget Committee today. In her opening statement, she had strong words for the sort of short-term austerity in which Republicans (and too many Democrats) want to engage: Experts and economists across the political spectrum agree it makes sense to invest in job-creation [...]/p