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We Are Way Better Off Than We Were When Bush Left Office As Jobless Rate Falls To 5.9%

We Are Way Better Off Than We Were When Bush Left Office As Jobless Rate Falls To 5.9%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released September's employment figures on Friday and it was almost entirely good news. The economy…

10 years ago

Mitch McConnell Puts His Foot In His Mouth By Calling The Founding Fathers Radicals

McConnell asserted that belief in, and support for, the government is "an act of true radicalism," something that makes the…

10 years ago

Speaker Boehner Admits That He Won’t Lift a Finger to Help Unemployed Americans

On Tuesday, after the Senate passed a bill to extend unemployment insurance to the long-term unemployed, and President Obama held…

11 years ago

While Democrats Focus on Real Issues, Republicans Plan Another Attack on Obamacare

What are Congressional Republicans looking to focus on when they enter the chamber on Monday? Obamacare, of course!

11 years ago

Obama Turns Up the Heat and Pressures Boehner to Restore Unemployment Benefits

On New Year's Day, the White House released a statement saying in no uncertain terms that the President will push…

11 years ago

John Boehner and Eric Cantor Respond to Economic Good News By Planning to Kill More Jobs

It was a certainty that Republicans would use the recent good news on the economy, both GDP growth and job…

11 years ago

Republican Policies Result In 20%-32% of Kids In the Poorest Red States Living In Poverty

Republicans in Congress and statehouses have made every attempt to create a permanent underclass living in poverty, and they are…

12 years ago