by Bill Scher | Mar 6, 2015 | Blog
After today's Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, Forbes contributor Dan Diamond spotted the spike in health care jobs over the past year: Republicans warned that Obamacare would kill jobs across the entire economy. Instead, 11 million jobs have been created since...
by Bill Scher | Mar 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
More Jobs, Flat Wages BLS reports 295,000 new jobs in February but meager wage gains: "... the unemployment rate edged down to 5.5 percent ... The employment-population ratio was unchanged at 59.3 percent in February but is up by 0.5 percentage point over the year ......
by Bill Scher | Mar 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
All Eyes On Wyden Impasse on fast-track. W. Post: "Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) told reporters that his plans to introduce legislation to grant the administration additional powers to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership ... would be...
by Bill Scher | Mar 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Republicans Cave Republicans back down, fund Homeland Security. The Hill: "Tuesday’s roll call allows Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to finally turn the page on an ugly chapter in his leadership that consumed the opening months of the new Republican-controlled...
by Bill Scher | Mar 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
End In Sight For Shutdown Standoff House GOP leader suggests "clean" bill to fund Homeland Security will pass soon. The Hill: "'I think a clean bill comes back from the Senate, probably arrives tomorrow, no later than the next day, and I think it’ll pass the House. I...
