by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Saying the jobs report shows the Obama administration has more “work to do,” Thomas Perez said on CNBC that immigration reform, in addition to promise zones, was needed to jumpstart the economy. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member on the Senate...
by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Roughly 347,000 Americans gave up looking for work in December, allowing progressives to claim a sharp drop in the formal unemployment rate during the month. The formal unemployment rate fell from 7.0 percent to 6.7 percent even though only about 74,000 extra people...
by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2014 | Health Care
The Obama administration is cutting ties with contractor CGI Federal over its handling of the problem-plagued HealthCare.gov, months after the troubled Oct. 1 launch. The decision to move from CGI Federal to Accenture was confirmed Saturday by a statement from the the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2014 | Free Markets
The economy added a paltry 74,000 jobs in December, a figure far below the gains of recent months that raised immediate questions about the strength of the economy — and whether the report was an exception to the trend. The unemployment rate dropped from 7 percent in...
by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Disgruntled workers are blaming ObamaCare after Staples ordered managers not to schedule any part-time associates for more than 25 hours per week. An anonymous petition at Change.org urges the office supply chain to reverse its policy, calling the cuts...