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Posts Tagged 'jobs'

Yarmuth Exposes The Frozen Trickle Down

Posted on September 16 2010 by Congress Watcher

Why the gap between Republican economic theory and economic reality? Why did the temporary tax reductions for wealthy Americans fail to create jobs?

Dan Coats: Now that I’m Running For Senate, I Wish I Wasn’t a Lobbyist

Posted on September 10 2010 by Congressional Aid

Dan Coats, running for the U.S. Senate after selling his house in Virginia and his other house in North Carolina so he could buy a new house in Indiana, admits that he’s made lots of money as a corporate lobbyist in Washington, DC, where he worked to keep jobs away from America and in cheaper [...]

Southern Blue Dogs Vote Against Jobs Bill

Posted on August 12 2010 by Congress Watcher

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.

Pakistan Taliban Support Rewarded By Lugar-Kerry Bill

Posted on August 1 2010 by Congress Watcher

Economically and militarily, the Pakistani-American Enterprise Fund Act is contrary to the national interest of the United States.

Illinois Shimkus Rants Against Protecting Gulf Shores From Oil Spills

Posted on July 21 2010 by Congress Watcher

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.

Chuck Schumer Talks Tough on American Jobs While Sending them to China

Posted on April 6 2010 by Congressional Aid

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 [...]

Paula Brooks is Right: Pat Tiberi Does Nothing to Foster Job Creation

Posted on April 5 2010 by Congressional Aid

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 [...]

Brad Ellsworth Jobs Bill Gets No Support

Posted on March 8 2010 by Congress Watcher

The habit of voting along with the Republican Party has not made Brad Ellsworth a more successful member of Congress.

Green Jobs Found On The Rail

Posted on February 7 2010 by Congress Watcher

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.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and Jon Hulburd’s Campaign

Posted on January 31 2010 by Congress Watcher

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.

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