Applications for jobless benefits increased 19,000 for the week ending Jan. 25, bringing the total to 348,000, up from last week’s revised figure of 329,000, the Labor Department announced Thursday.
The four-week moving average, a “less volatile†figure, increased by 750, bringing the total to 333,000, down from the previous unrevised average of 332,250…
The four-week moving average, a “less volatile†figure, increased by 750, bringing the total to 333,000, down from the previous unrevised average of 332,250…
WASHINGTON – Rep. Henry A. Waxman, whose legislative record has made him one of the country’s most influential liberal lawmakers for four decades, announced Thursday that he will retire from his Westside seat, the latest in a wave of departures that is remaking the state’s long-stable congressional delegation.
Worried by a wave of popular outrage at Obamacare, the activists of President Barack Obama"s community organizing arm, Organizing for Action, are urging members to share positive stories about the president"s flagship domestic policy. In an email to volunteers in Los Angeles, organizers note that "we are making a big effort to document the stories of people who have benefited from Obamacare" to counter negative stories.
Republican political strategist Karl Rove took a tongue-in-cheek look Wednesday at what senior presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett must have been thinking after President Barack Obama wrapped up his State of the Union speech, which Rove concluded was “very unimpressive.”
Rep. Henry Waxman, liberal champion, to retire from Congress + MORE
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