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This week House and Senate leaders announced that Congress will do something to respond to rising unemployment before they adjourn for the year. I don't know any economist -- or anyone else, for that matter -- who would argue that the current 10.2% unemployment rate and lack of job creation in this economic recovery is NOT a problem. Quite the contrary
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In American-style football, a quarterback who " runs the option " receives the ball, runs either right or left (accompanied by another offensive player), and, depending on the opposing defense's strategy, either laterals the ball to his accompanying player to avoid a tackle or keeps the ball and advances it himself. Not all quarterbacks
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"The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement....It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which
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October 4-10 is Fire Prevention Week , and this year's theme is "Stay Fire Smart! Don't Get Burned." Sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the focus of this year's Fire Prevention Week activities is on burn awareness and prevention, as well as keeping homes safe from the leading causes of home fires. Last
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This week the Obama Administration signaled its interest in chemicals management and hazards communication in two key ways. On Tuesday, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson delivered a speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, in which she outlined the EPA’s “ essential principles ” for chemicals management, specifically stating
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With every new presidential administration comes a different set of priorities and issues, and Congress' legislative agenda reflects this fact. However, while much of the media focus has been on the big ticket items--health care reform, climate change, regulation of the financial industry, and the economy, there are several other items that are
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This week the AFL-CIO is holding its 2009 convention in Pittsburgh, and two issues grabbing most of the attention are overhaul of the nation's health care system and the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" (HR 1409/S 560). And the big guns are out in full force. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis assured the assembly that
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Tonight President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress to outline and clarify his plans for health care reform and to exhort Congress to work cooperatively to enact legislation to expand affordable health care to uninsured Americans. After several tumultuous town hall meetings during the August break, some members of Congress are looking
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As our nation prepares to bid farewell to summer and celebrate Labor Day , now is the perfect time to take stock of where we are with respect to the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" ( HR 1409 / S560 ), also known as EFCA or simply "card check." Americans don't want "card check" provisions that strip workers of their
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On August 14, 2008, former President George W. Bush signed into law the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-314), landmark legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the the CPSC. At the time, the CPSC was operating with a two-member quorum comprised of one Republican appointee, Commissioner Nancy Nord , and one Democratic