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Surviving the struggle is tough, and millions of people are out of work. Unemployment nationwide is in double digits, but on Monday a Virginia congressman took on the unemployment battle by hosting a job fair for some the state's hardest hit.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) annual States & Nation Policy Summit will be held December 2-4, 2009, at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel, 1000 H Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate “a transcendent party” on the move again. Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine said that nothing about the election returns amounted to a repudiation of President Barack Obama.
Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.) took business into his own hands and tried to help his constituents find jobs on Monday. Read more...
On Monday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) hosted a job fair in his district at Germanna Community College. Like his last job fair in August, Cantor used it as an opportunity to gain positive local press and launch attacks against President Obama.
Multibillion-dollar measure points to stimulus' limits, stokes stronger deficit fears Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a jobs package that would devote billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.
Multibillion-dollar measure points to stimulus' limits, stokes stronger deficit fears 10.2 percent unemployment adds urgency for action that must be mindful of deficit
Among others, the president didn't invite his 2008 campaign rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, even though Obama the candidate pledged a post-partisan presidency.
While the White House is mum about who will be among the 300 or so lucky invitees to President Obama's first state dinner Tuesday night, word is already leaking out about who's not going to be there. Chief among the non-attendees: top Republican lawmakers. House Minority Leader John A. Boehner was invited but won't be there; he's on Thanksgiving break and home in Ohio. His deputy, Rep. Eric ...
Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a jobs package that would devote billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.
WASHINGTON -- Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a jobs package that could devote tens of billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.
RICHMOND - Rep. Eric Cantor (R- VA), the House Minority Whip, was in the CBS 6 studio for a live interview. Anchor Rob Cardwell asked Rep. Cantor about the recently passed House health care bill.
Rising unemployment spurs plan that may cost tens of billions; deficit concerns grow Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a new jobs package that would devote billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.
WASHINGTON — Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a new jobs package that would devote billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.
Troubled by the rising unemployment rate, President Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a jobs package that would devote billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.
WASHINGTON -- Troubled by the rising jobless rate, President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress are assembling a new jobs package that would devote billions of dollars to projects meant to put people back on payrolls in 2010 and keep them working.Discussions over the scale of the bill are fluid, but lawmakers said the intent was to move swiftly and get a jobs bill to Obama's ...
