New Bills Would Halt Health Law’s Employer Mandate
Since 2010, several major firms have threatened to cut employee hours over the requirement.
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Currency Wars: Why Is The French Industry Minister Rooting For The Devaluation Of The Euro
Earlier this year, French officials complained about the euro being too strong and making the country’s exports less competitive.
Cult Of Obama: List Of Journalists Throwing Woodward Under The Bus
Woodward was the only high-profile reporter willing to say out loud that Obama has the power to choose where the sequestration cuts hit, exposing White House fear-mongering as an audacious lie. Though no one has disputed Woodward’s reporting, the media’s Cult of Obama is striking back.
Green Fatigue Sets In: The World Cools On Global Warming
Worldwide concerns about climate change have dropped dramatically since 2009.
Harvard Crimson To Conservatives: Don’t Apply To Harvard
The Crimson editorial may inadvertently support assertions about the liberal campus’ hostility toward conservatives.
Video: Maxine Waters – ‘Over 170 Million Jobs Could Be Lost’ Due To Sequestration
Unfortunately for the good representative, her numbers are a little off considering there aren’t 170 million Americans who are even gainfully employed.
Only 6% Rate News Media As Very Trustworthy
69% of Republicans and a plurality (44%) of unaffiliateds view the average reporter as more liberal than they are. Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Democrats think they share about the same views as the average reporter, while 30% more say that reporter is more conservative than they are.
DOJ Spends Millions On ‘Nonmission’ Luxury Travel For Attorney Generals, FBI Director
A Government Accountability Office report reveals that the Justice Department has spent $11.4 million to fly the Attorney General and FBI director on FBI luxury jets for travel unrelated to the agency’s mission.
Revolving Door: Speaker Boehner’s Right-Hand Man Heads To K Street
Jackson has agreed to join Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a strategic adviser, delivering a coup to one of the top-earning lobby firms in Washington. The firm also announced that it has hired Elizabeth Maier, who was former Sen. Jon Kyl’s (R-Ariz.) legislative director.
New Year’s Eve On the Cliff: Lawmakers Have No Bill and No Deal (+Update)
The President and Congress continue to dawdle on the cliff. What will be the fallout of going over the cliff is anybody’s guess. (See update on this story here)