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John Cornyn calls for regulatory moratorium after dismal jobs report
The latest bad economic numbers -- no new jobs created nationally over the past month and a persistent 9.1 percent unemployment rate -- prompted a new round of "blame Obama" among Texas lawmakers. Sen....
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Analysis: Do we still need a turnaround specialist to turn this economy around?
The drop in the unemployment race is good news for Obama and bad news for the GOP candidates. But it's far too early to conclude that this month's good news will be good news for the Democratic...
View ArticleAnalysis: Bad June jobless report is really bad political news for Obama
The most recent round of polls shows that President Obama holds a lead in this year's key presidential swing states, but Friday's jobs report is nothing less than awful.
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The American economy by the numbers: Better or worse since Obama became...
Cutting through the campaign spin, are we better off now than we were four years ago? Here are the numbers -- good, bad and occasionally ugly.
View ArticleHigh points and low points of the Obama presidency
Barack Obama's presidency has been a roller coaster ride -- for the fragile economy, for his job-approval ratings and for his supporters and detractors alike. He has scored historic legislative...
View ArticleDolores Huerta on immigration, Obama and whether Latinos will turn out (with...
I asked pioneering labor organizer Dolores Huerta how Latinos could support Obama when the unemployment rate among Latinos (10.3 percent) is higher than the national average and far higher for those of...
View ArticleTexas Republicans criticize Obama for ‘slow’ recovery after jobless rate...
“President Obama had his shot at reviving our economy and he failed,” Rep. Jeb Hensarling said in a statement. “That’s why job growth is so slow, and it’s why the American people are sick and tired of...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: The campaigns face two momentum shifters this week — a debate...
The two presidential candidates have two different goals when it comes to this week's debate. Mitt Romney needs to score a victory, while President Barack Obama just needs to hold his own.
View ArticleStockman challenges Obama to come to Texas, ‘where I will teach him how to...
In the past 48 hours, the Obama administration announced that unemployment had risen to 7.9 percent and that the president will be discontinuing his jobs council. For Rep. Steve Stockman,...
View ArticleRubén Hinojosa stages walkout over GOP cuts in job training
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, led his Democratic colleagues in a rare Capitol Hill walkout to protest Republicans’ plans to unilaterally rewrite the Workforce Investment Act. Democrats said the GOP...
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