The jobs bill passed the House and was signed into law this week, but not without the opposition of three Democrats who joined the GOP in asserting that America’s schoolchildren were a “special interest” that shouldn’t be helped.
Economically and militarily, the Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act is contrary to the national interest of the United States.
The real choice that we face is a choice between jobs that create a cleaner, more sustainable economy, and jobs that maintain the dangerous, dirty economy of the past.
Senator Charles Schumer went on a public relations offensive yesterday, stepping before the microphones to declare that “To me, nothing is more important than jobs.” Standing in front of American factory workers at a “New York based company that sees its sales and supply chains undercut by Chinese imports,” he gestured back toward them and [...]
The 12th district of central Ohio that Pat Tiberi represents in Congress has been hit harder than most by this economic recession. People are losing their jobs and new occupations to replace them aren’t available. The Columbus area is in crisis. In this environment, Paula Brooks has stepped up to challenge Patrick Tiberi for the [...]
The habit of voting along with the Republican Party has not made Brad Ellsworth a more successful member of Congress.
The hundreds of green jobs coming as a result of a high speed train project in the Connecticut River Valley contradicts claims that there hasn’t been any green job creation.
When candidates like John Hulburd discuss the economy to the exclusion of other issues, they may be speaking to the concerns of voters, but they aren’t speaking to the long-term needs of the nation.
When Glenn Thompson gets in the mood to complain about unemployment rates above ten percent, he might do better to pause, look at himself in the mirror, and ask how his own activities in Congress are contributing to the problem.
Senator Richard Burr is selling out working Americans for the sake of profits for pencil sharpener importers.
