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600,000 jobs lost: How bad does it have to get for Republicans to act?
February 7, 2009Original source: With today’s unemployment report showing nearly 600,000 jobs lost in January—worsening the U.S. unemployment rate from 7.2 percent to 7.6 percent—will obstructionist Republicans in Congress finally move the economic recovery bill?
Read moreWorking families need jobs; Senate Republicans want tax cuts for wealthy
February 4, 2009Original source: With the nation’s economy sinking deeper and deeper into recession and more and more workers losing their jobs, Senate Republicans are playing a partisan game of ideological chicken over President Obama’s economic recovery package....
Read moreThe iron fist in Texas is on his way out
January 13, 2009The iron fist in Texas is on his way out. No, not George Bush. Texas House Speaker Republican Tom Craddick has withdrawn his candidacy for a fourth term as Speaker of the Texas State House of...
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