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The Obama administration’s announcement last week that it was making a slight shift on immigration policy, to target employers who hire illegal workers rather

A bill to create a Tier 5 of federal unemployment benefits to help those who are languishing in long-term unemployment will be submitted in Congress sometime next week. The bill would add an additional 14 weeks to available unemployment benefits.

Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, or ALIPAC, rescinded two of its endorsements to Democrats yesterday, claiming their Republican challengers better represent

From RedState’s Erick Erickson, who really doesn’t love Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) McConnell is, in his mind, Darth Vader — the man who oversaw the loss of

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has unveiled a new webpage that explains the Federal Reserve System’s dual mandate of achieving maximum employment while

They may go to each other for advice on 2012 and other gubernatorial matters, but when it comes to education in Iowa, Gov. Terry Branstad isn’t necessarily looking to Gov.

The bill includes an extension of jobless benefits through November, but several other provisions, addressing Medicaid funding, tax loopholes and additional unemployment compensation, were dropped.

As if it wasn’t embarrassing enough for Sen. John McCain when he called for Joe the Plumber to stand up and be recognized at a campaign rally in Defiance, OH.,

The Economic Policy Institute, a liberal policy shop, has some discouraging news for those hoping the Senate’s jobs bill will put a dent in the nation’s 9.7

According to a review of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refinancing documents by TWI, buried deep in the fine print lies language that strips legal rights for homeowners.

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) announced this afternoon that on April 17 the House oversight committee will hold a hearing on the Army’s $300 million contract to

There’s a little humor here, but overall I’d say this ad by Tennessee congressional candidate Donn Janes (I will vehemently oppose any measure giving another

Pro Publica’s Ben Protess does some digging into the past of former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, who was chosen to fill President-elect Barack

A nervous-looking bureaucrat named Richard Shiffrin -- the former deputy general counsel for intelligence at the Pentagon -- declined any opening statement.

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Here are two quick video examples of something BlueMassGroup blogged yesterday--the Brown campaign busing in support for its People’s Rally and running some

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s (R-Minn.) speech to the Values Voter Summit was tipped as a pivotal moment in his appeal to the GOP’s conservative base. Pawlenty hardly

First appeared September 15, 2008 COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan – A friend emailed me to say that all my journalism is for naught if I don’t

Senator Mark Udall has become something of a broken record on the subject of the national debt and deficit, and what it will take to solve the problems: bipartisan cooperation, broad spending cuts and targeted tax increases. In a speech today on the Senate floor: “…it’s unrealistic to maintain – as the Republicans do – that raising revenues isn’t a part of the debt-reduction equation

Two great catches by Ben Smith -- and more by his commenters -- reveal that the little-known Committee for Truth in Politics is running ads that frame proposed