![[OPINION] The Biggest Republican Lie](http://njtoday.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/robert_reich-112x150.jpg)
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) says Senate Republicans will unanimously support a balanced-budget amendment, to be unveiled Wednesday as the core of the GOP’s fiscal agenda.
Part of the President’s State of the Union message and of his second term agenda apparently will focus on public investments in education, infrastructure, and basic R&D.
If you’re sitting in the well of the House when a president gives a State of the Union address (as I’ve had the privilege of doing five times), the hardest part is on the knees. You’re required to stand and applaud every applause line, which means, if you’re in the cabinet or an elected official…
![[OPINION] The Real Debate Over American Citizenship](http://njtoday.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/robert_reich.jpg)
Sometimes we have a national conversation without realizing it. We talk about different aspects of the same larger issue without connecting the dots.
