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In 2013, Democrats argued that ending a “temporary” unemployment-benefits program would hurt families in need. In fact, they called unemployment…
Read More (Extended Unemployment Benefits Hurt Jobs, New Report Finds)The new Congress is focused on helping create jobs and giving Americans greater economic opportunity. And America’s trade agenda is…
Read More (TPA: Empowering Congress to Set America’s Trade Agenda)WASHINGTON — Today, Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered the following opening statement at the first Committee proceedings…
Read More (Ryan Opening Statement: Moving America Forward)WASHINGTON — Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on the December jobs report….
Read More (Ryan Statement on December Jobs Report)“Four years ago, President Obama began to pull our country out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,…
Read More (Where Are the Jobs Update)Now (October 2014) “Our economy is making incredible progress.” For example, 5.9 percent unemployment is “a number many economists didn’t…
Read More (Administration’s Revisionist History: Putting the Economy’s “Incredible Progress” in Perspective)Democrat Stimulus Architect Admits “the Economy’s Problems,” not “Economic Greatness” Then: The January 2009 Romer-Bernstein Report predicts 5 percent unemployment…
Read More (Democrat Stimulus Architect Admits “the Economy’s Problems,” not “Economic Greatness”)Six Out of Ten Say the American Dream Is Out of Reach. After five years of the Obama “recovery,” 59…
Read More (Reason #40: Six Out of Ten Say the American Dream Is Out of Reach)Minority Families Have Suffered the Most during the Obama “Recovery.” During the heart of the Obama “recovery,” the median income…
Read More (Reason #39: Minority Families Have Suffered the Most during the Obama “Recovery”)Over Half of Americans Can’t Afford Their House. In order to cover their rent or mortgage over the last three…
Read More (Reason #38: Over Half of Americans Can’t Afford Their House)