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Obama to business: Bring jobs home

By doris | Published: January 12, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President Obama is meeting with executives from 14 companies Wednesday to encourage them to bring jobs back to the United States. The so-called “Insourcing American Jobs” forum at the White House includes leaders from Ford (F, Fortune 500), DuPont (DD, Fortune 500), Intel (INTC, Fortune 500), Otis [...]

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Why Congress can’t save the Postal Service

By doris | Published: November 29, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — There’s one thing that turns some Tea Party Republicans into government-job lovers like their Democratic rivals: Their neighborhood post office. In fact, the U.S. Postal Service’s reach into every state and congressional district is a big reason why Americans shouldn’t expect Congress to make the drastic changes that [...]

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Former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley dies at 68

By doris | Published: November 25, 2011

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msn.com CHICAGO — Maggie Daley, the wife of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and a gracious promoter of the city’s cultural and educational programs, has died. She was 68. Maggie Daley, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, died Thursday night, family spokeswoman Jacquelyn Heard told The Associated Press. [...]

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‘I pay your salary,’ snaps historian to lawmaker in tense House hearing

By doris | Published: November 24, 2011

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.msn.com Heated discussions are commonplace on Capitol Hill, but it’s rare form for a witness and a legislator to have at it. But it happened on Friday when Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young sparred (intensely) with historian Douglas Brinkley at a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee. Brinkley recently authored “The [...]

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Senate Dems press ahead with latest piece of j

By doris | Published: October 27, 2011

Full Story at First Read.msnbc.msn.com Senate Democrats on Friday rolled out the next phase in their push to pass individual parts of President Obama’s jobs bill: a $60 billion bill to invest in infrastructure projects around the country. In a conference call less than 24 hours after the Senate blocked a jobs bill for teachers [...]

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Senate blocks votes on jobs bills

By doris | Published: October 21, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Democrats and Republicans tried to force versions of a jobs bill through the Senate late Thursday, but both fell short of the 60 votes they would have needed to bring their proposals to the floor. In a 50-50 vote, senators blocked a component of President Barack Obama’s jobs [...]

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Congress set to take up trade, jobs bills

By doris | Published: October 10, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Congress is embarking on a flurry of votes to show it is trying to do something about creating jobs. The prospects for legislative success, however, are spotty. One exception is in the area of trade. Congress is expected to approve free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama [...]

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Senate Democrats add millionaire tax to jobs bill

By doris | Published: October 6, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are rewriting portions of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill to include a new 5 percent tax on income above $1 million — a proposal that is sure to be blocked by Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Wednesday he is changing the plan to make [...]

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Obama wants jobs bill vote this month

By doris | Published: October 3, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he expects Congress to vote on jobs legislation this month and plans to press legislative leaders from both parties to act quickly on the $447 billion proposal he delivered three weeks ago. Speaking to reporters at the beginning of a Cabinet meeting Monday, Obama said [...]

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Obama tells blacks to ‘stop complainin’ and fight

By doris | Published: September 25, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — In a fiery summons to an important voting block, President Barack Obama told blacks on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and “put on your marching shoes” to follow him into battle for jobs and opportunity. And though he didn’t say it directly, for a second term, too. Obama’s [...]

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House Republicans oppose Obama’s method to pay for jobs plan

By doris | Published: September 14, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama said Monday his $447 billion jobs plan is a common-sense approach needed right away, but House Republican leaders said they opposed Obama’s intention to pay for it by ending tax relief for corporations and the wealthy. In a message accompanying the legislation he sent to Congress [...]

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Obama: Jobs plan needed to help stalled economy

By doris | Published: September 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama hit the road Friday to rally public support for his new job creation plan, calling it critical to efforts to invigorate an ailing economy and avert a new downturn. “This has been a terrible recession,” the president told an enthusiastic crowd at the University of [...]

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