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Comments on Unemployment Rate

2012 June 01

The US unemployment rate was published at 8.2% for the month of May, rising a tenth of a point from April's 8.1%. Here's what several congress members had to say about it...

Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX5) openly blamed the leadership of President Barack Obama. He said the following: “I guess the only news this morning is that 3 ½ years later, the president's policies are still failing; 3 ½ years later, millions of Americans still remain unemployed; 3 ½ years later, millions of Americans are underemployed. Again, the president's policies continue to fail.”

Hensarling went on to enumerate his list of acts by President Obama that have caused high unemployment: “This should not be a surprise. If you threaten the single largest tax increase in America's history, much of which will fall upon small business people and entrepreneurs, you're not going to get robust economic growth. If you have an avalanche of new regulations, as have ensued under this administration, you're not going to have robust economic growth and job growth. If you go about vilifying success and free enterprise, you're not going to have robust economic growth. If you engage in serial trillion-dollar deficits -- which business people know sooner or later they're going to have to pay for -- you're not going to get robust economic growth.”

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA8) emphasized the fact that the economy has seen a total increase of 69,000 jobs in the last ...

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March Common Ground E-Newsletter

2012 March 15

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Going for broke: could GOP convention elect nominee?

2012 March 05

What if, following Super Tuesday, all four GOP candidates are still in the game and no clear frontrunner has emerged? 

That's strong stuff

2011 November 30

University of Southern California student, and current intern, David Hernandez discusses his experience working as a part of our research team. 

Response from major parties following 'SuperCommittee' failure

2011 November 29

The inability of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or 'Supercommittee', to come to an agreement to reduce the United States' government debt by over one trillion dollars has prompted a significant response by both Democrats and Republicans. 

'Supercommittee' misses deadline

2011 November 22

The U.S. Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction was established with the goal of improving both the short and long term financial outlook of the US and reducing the deficit “...by at least $1,500,000,000 over the period of fiscal years 2012 to 2021” But they missed their deadline...

Results of the 2009 General Election

2009 November 05 - Kristen Vicedomini

Same-Sex Unions in 2009

2009 October 29 - Kristen Vicedomini

The View from Across the Water

2009 October 05 - Bonnie

PCT Results - CA District 10, Special Election

2009 August 28 - Bonnie

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