Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Millions of out-of-work Americans are poised to lose critical benefits due to the opposition of one Republican senator who would only agree to an extension of those benefits if they come out of federal economic stimulus dollars, according to the Senate’s top Democrat.
The Senate adjourned for the week with Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) continuing to [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Now that Barack Obama is back in the U.S., after his whirlwind trip to the Middle East and Europe, he’s ready to start focusing on the “top issue for American voters — the faltering U.S. economy.”
That’s welcome news, because every one I speak to from friends to business associates are all concerned with economic issues. As [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2007 by John Freeland
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich has an intriguing post on his blog, speculating on the chances of Al Gore winning an Oscar and taking a golden opportunity to announce he’s running for president.
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Tags: Al Gore, Blog, Golden Opportunity, Labor Secretary, Oscar, Robert Reich, Running For President, Secretary Robert
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Posted on November 16th, 2006 by John Freeland
Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary in the Clinton Administration, weighs in on recent criticism of Howard Dean in his latest blogpost. Reich lists several possible motives for beating up on Dean, none of them respectable, and all of them examples of what’s rotten about politics.
Done in by a “scream,” not a lie, nor larceny, [...]
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Posted on October 7th, 2006 by John Freeland
In his October 3 blog Democrats should talk about inequality, former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich makes an argument that runs counter to what many economists, MSM media, and certainly Republicans would have us think about the economy. Namely, that growth is steady and that unemployment is low. What Reich correctly reminds us [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Economy, House of Reps, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on October 7th, 2005 by Nick
Here we go again. Conservatives (alleged Dems) warning us that the Democratic is too far left for Americans and that there aren’t enough liberals to justify “appealing to the base” of the party. In a blog post in today’s Washington Post, two folks who worked in the Clinton White House are issuing another [...]
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