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August 17, 2010 As Unemployment Mounts, Failure of Stimulus Leads Millions of Americans to Ask “Where Are the Jobs?”

President Obama heads to Ohio tomorrow to continue to sell his economic “stimulus” plan.  One slight problem though – Americans simply…

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August 13, 2010 Camp Statement on 75th Anniversary of Social Security

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement marking tomorrow’s 75th anniversary of Social Security:…

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August 12, 2010 July’s 9.5% Official Unemployment Rate Ignores 2.8 Million “Uncounted Unemployed”

Today’s data about first-time claims for unemployment benefits, a key metric of the current health of the labor market, revealed…

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August 11, 2010 Ranking Member Camp Statement on Passing of Former Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following statement in reaction to the…

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August 10, 2010 Herger Files Discharge Petition to Repeal and Replace ObamaCare

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, today filed a…

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August 10, 2010 Tax Hikes in Democrats’ State Bailout Bill Would Eliminate Another 141,000 Private Sector Jobs

Democrats suggest the State and local government bailout bill to be considered in the House on August 10 will temporarily…

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August 10, 2010 Camp Statement H.R. 1586

Last Friday, we learned that the unemployment rate is still at 9.5%.  It would be much higher if the official…

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August 10, 2010 Medicare’s rosy health*

Every year, Medicare trustees deliver an impenetrable report that answers a single headline-worthy question: How soon will Medicare run out…

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August 09, 2010 Why I’m Not Hiring

With unemployment just under 10% and companies sitting on their cash, you would think that sooner or later job growth…

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August 06, 2010 CAMP: Where Are the Jobs? Unemployment Rate Remains Stuck above 9% for 15th Consecutive Month

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following reaction to the July jobs…

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