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Amanda Terkel

GOP Presidential Candidates Skip Meeting With Mayors On Job Creation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Nearly 250 of the nation's mayors will be in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss some of America's most pressing issues, including jo...

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'Millionaire Job Creators Are Like Unicorns'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.12.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) compared millionaires who create jobs to unicorns Monday on the Senate floor. "Millionaire job creators ...

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Obama Mocks Congress For Vote

Posted 01.02.2012

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President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to move on the transportation funding portion of his jobs bill Wednesday, while simultaneously mocking them for...

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Teachers, First Responders To Protest Against Scott Brown

Posted 12.26.2011

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In hopes of securing his re-election bid, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has cast himself as the bipartisan candidate. Touting his ability to handle p...

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Amanda Terkel

DNC Chair: The GOP Is 'Hoping For Failure' For The Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) accused the Republican Party of acting in bad faith in ...

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Obama Demands That Congress Approve His Jobs Bill

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.01.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and congressional Republicans just can't agree on the best prescription for the economy, with President Barack Oba...

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Obama Uses 'Obsolete' Bridge In GOP Leaders' Home Turf To Stump For Jobs Bill

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.22.2011

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CINCINNATI — Needling his top Republican adversaries on their own turf, President Barack Obama stood in the shadow of an outdated and heavily us...

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Grading Obama and the GOP Hopefuls on their Plans for Jobs and the Economy

Rob Shapiro | Posted 11.13.2011

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Last week's GOP debate at the Reagan Library, followed the next night by the President's address to Congress, throw into stark relief the strengths and weaknesses of each side's understanding of job creation and the economy.

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Amanda Terkel

House GOP's Talking Points On Obama's Jobs Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are circulating talking points in advance of President Barack Obama's jobs speech to Congress, urging their members to...

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Obama Goes Before Congress To Lay Out Jobs Plan

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON — Attacking a deepening jobs crisis, President Barack Obama challenged a reluctant Congress Thursday night to urgently pass a larger-...

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Bachmann: Perry 'Sucks The Oxygen Out Of The Room'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.31.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann pivoted her focus to jobs and the economy Wednesday during her first campaign appearance in ...

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Playing Only Defense?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.14.2011

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Amitai Etzioni

One may argue if Obama puts together a major job drive, the GOP would block it. However, then the president could stop playing only defense and go on the offense, making clear who has a major job-creation program and who is sabotaging it.

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House Dems Launch Ad Blitz Against 19 Republicans

Politics Daily | Christopher Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

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In case there was any doubt that the 2012 campaign season is well under way, House Democrats on Monday launched a week-long ad blitz targeting 19 Repu...

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In Turnabout, Democrats Allege GOP Dropped The Ball On Job Focus

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers s...

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Manufacturing a Phony Job Crisis

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Ross

After the narrow loss on health care, corporate America and the GOP are setting the stage for a November showdown with President Obama and Democrats by manufacturing a crisis they can "solve."

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Laura Bassett

Republican Jobs Plan: Bigger Tax Cuts For The Rich

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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After opposing, stalling, stonewalling and filibustering almost every recession-related bill for the past year, Republican lawmakers have finally prop...

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Anti-Porn Amendment Sinks Tech Bill: Dems Accuse GOP Of Petty Obstruction

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday sidetracked an $80 billion technology bill, cutting out all new programs as part of an anti-pornograp...

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GOP Wants Televised Jobs Debate With Democrats

POLITICO | Patrick O'Conner | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Republicans are taking a page from the president's playbook by challenging Democrats to a televised debate about job creation. ...

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GOP Jobs Plan Being Crafted By Bush Economists

The Wonk Room | Pat Garofalo | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Republicans, "promising not to be flat-footed on efforts to revive the economy," are preparing what they've called a "one-two punch" this week, ...

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