(AP) Obama to meet with union leaders on health careBy SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is meeting with union leaders at the White House to discuss labor’s growing concerns about the new health care law. Friday’s meeting comes after the
White House officials, including top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, were on hand at this week’s AFL-CIO convention to pressure union leaders not to voice their growing angst with Obamacare in the form of a strongly worded resolution blasting the president’s
Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes has been ordered by Pennsylvania judge Dan Pellegrinion to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, ruling that Hanes lacks the authority to decide whether PA state rules are constitutional. “A clerk of
(AP) DC mayor vetoes wage bill affecting Wal-MartBy BEN NUCKOLSAssociated PressWASHINGTONMayor Vincent Gray vetoed a bill Thursday that would force Wal-Mart and other large retailers to pay their employees at least $12.50 an hour, calling it a “job killer” that
On Monday, the AFL-CIO amended its constitution to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” to its objectives and principles; the constitution now says that the mission of the union is to “encourage all workers without regard to race, creed, color,
On Tuesday at the “Exempt America” rally in Washington, D.C., Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Obamacare needed to be defunded because it is a job-killer that is not working. “Obamacare is a disaster,” Cruz said. “This thing ain’t working.” Cruz,
On Monday, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, introduced the Union Bailout Prevention Act to block the Obama administration from granting requests for special ObamaCare premium tax subsidies for union members with health insurance plans known
With Republicans holding the “largest majorities” they have held in the history of Missouri’s legislature since the Civil War era, House Majority Leader John Diehl (R-87th Dist.) says he would like to see the GOP override every gubernatorial veto when
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced a bill on Monday called the Union Bailout Prevention Act to stop the Obama Administration from granting unions Obamacare waivers or special taxpayer-funded premium tax subsidies. “Despite championing ObamaCare’s passage in 2010, union leaders are now awaking
A visit back to Illinois this week offered a chance to survey the state’s politics (both through friends and the Chicago press), as well as the still-dismal condition of the state’s finances. One of the GOP hopefuls, Bruce Rauner, made
Congress is poised to vote on an issue that will define the American Experience for decades to come. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more widely known as Obamacare, is perhaps the most calamitous law this nation has ever
The Labor Department reported the economy created 169,000 jobs in August after adding 104,000 in July. Unemployment fell to 7.3 percent, largely because 516,000 more adults are no longer employed or looking for work. Businesses continued the shift toward contingent
Big Labor is reportedly building a huge campaign war chest which it says will help “build a firewall” around Senate Democrats who are believed to be vulnerable in the 2014 midterm elections. According to Paul Bedard at the Washington Examiner,
SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 4 (UPI) — Standard & Poor’s alleged the Justice Department filed its $5 billion lawsuit against the credit rating agency in “retaliation” for its downgrade of U.S. debt. The Justice Department called S&P’s claim “preposterous.” The
As fast food walkouts are staged around the country, a possible solution exists that wouldn’t inconvenience franchise owners and would highlight the hypocrisy of the left. I’m not sure if it’s a result of a simple union recruitment drive or the
One of the largest newspapers in Trenton, New Jersey recently characterized a left-wing think tank and a liberal government employee union as “non-partisan” in a news story on a report exploring the economic impact of comprehensive immigration reform. Naturally, that
Labor unions are frustrated with President Barack Obama over Obamacare, and leaders are indicating that their members will blame Obama and Democrats if Obamacare causes them to lose their health insurance or jobs. D. Taylor, the president of Unite Here
One of the most important undercurrents of the Civil War was the role the strong Democratic minority played in criticizing Lincoln’s Republican administration, the Radical Republican Congress, and the war effort in general. But Democrats did not provide a united
Fast-food workers, who do not see their jobs as entry-level jobs but instead believe that the jobs are worthy of higher pay, carried out a huge strike on Thursday across the nation. McDonald’s Corp., Wendy’s Restaurants LLC, Burger King Worldwide Inc., and
By SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe recent spate of fast-food worker strikes is another sign of the need to raise the minimum wage for all workers, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said in an interview with The Associated Press. Perez’s comments came in
10 Things You Should Know About The NYC Mayoral Race – Part 2 By David Webb and Thomas J. Basile When people think about New York City, they think about America -the great melting pot, center of innovation, communication, arts
Last week, Eric Holder’s Department of Justice, fresh off its controversial decision to sue the state of Texas of its voter identification law, sued the state of Louisiana to block its school voucher program largely designed to help minority children.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decisions regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Prop 8, some attorneys are encouraging churches to change their by-laws as a means of protection against lawsuits from same-sex couples. While some
To understand the failure of public education in this country, one must first understand that the entire system is designed for the benefit of the adults who work in it. Union dues from people working in the system are funneled
After listening to 40 citizens in an open session this afternoon, the San Diego City Council entered a closed door meeting and voted to unanimously accept the resignation of Mayor Filner as of August 30. Councilman Scott Sherman and Filner hold-out
The Nevada AFL-CIO unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday condemning the Affordable Care Act, known to its critics as Obamacare. “The unintended consequences of the ACA [Affordable Care Act] will lead to the destruction of the 40 hour work week, higher
Much like the two dogs facing off in the story about an Eskimo fisherman (the origin of “Two Wolves“), an epic battle rages across our homeland between two disparate cultural ideologies that ironically involves two “Mafias.” A question is posed at
Today the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that Christianphotographers cannot decline to participate in gay-marriage commitment ceremonies,even though that state does not have gay marriage and the court acknowledgedthat providing services for the ceremony violated the Christian’ssincerely-held, traditional religious beliefs.
The greatest lie told during the ObamaCare debate was President Obama’s often repeated “if you like your health plan, you can keep it.” It was meant to reassure the tens of millions of Americans who already have health insurance that
A few weeks ago, I noticed that even MSNBC (!) was doing “special reports” on the growing union backlash against ObamaCare, and suggested that the labor movement is a natural Republican constituency. The latest unions vs. ObamaCare story comes
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a law Monday banning what is known as “gay conversion therapy,” a type of counseling that seeks to turn gay teenagers straight. Christie said he was “reluctantly” treading into an area in which
Politico reports today that California Republicans are urging House Republicans to pass “comprehensive” immigration reform, for fear that the party “can’t win elections” in the state unless the legislation succeeds. That false message parrots the talking points being pushed by
The American Civil War divided America in 1861, and still divides Americans to some extent. Though some assert that getting along and going along with a ruling administration’s agenda is best for the country, America’s great strength as a free
There’s much talk about Chris Christie as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 (yes, already). Christie is certainly gearing up for a run, and has begun by attacking potential GOP rivals. But while moderate Republicans like Christie
The Republican Governors Association reported it raised about $24 million in the first half of the year. The RGA’s take far outpaced the Democratic Governors Association, which reportedly raised just over $13 million. The Republican haul relied mainly on donations
National Public Radio’s Kirk Siegler, reporting for Morning Edition, filed a fair story on Wednesday’s immigration reform rally in Bakersfield, California, in contrast to much of the rest of the mainstream media. The rally brought together far fewer people than
NBC: Businesses, unions, and schools all warn of cuts in hours due to ObamaCare.
This weeks “misguided” lawsuit filed by the Obama administration in an attempt to block the American Airlines-US Airways merger is nothing less than “misguided” and questionable, since even the pilots and other airline-related unions are in favor of the merger.
Mexico, which in 1938 was the first country in the world to nationalize its oil and gas sector, formally began the process to amend its constitution on August 12th to end the state-owned-monopoly for energy exploration, development, and distribution known
