It’s hard to separate the facts from the politics about job creation in America. More jobs than expected were created in January. Almost a quarter million new jobs is about 100,000 more than projected. We continued a three-month trend of 200,000 or more new jobs each month. That’s a good…

Our democracy is screwed.  It’s been long speculated that Republican state lawmakers are taking their orders from the shadowy right-wing think tank funded by the Koch Brothers and known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – and now there’s proof.  It was discovered in Florida – when Republican State…

Rep. Henry Waxman (D- Calif.) says he’s surprised by the special attention that Republicans are giving the Keystone XL Pipeline. (:06) [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Disagreements on the Keystone Pipeline continue in Congress as Republicans insist that the project move forward.

Rep. Henry Waxman (D- Calif.) told reporters on Friday that Republicans are not taking into consideration the negative effects that the construction of the Keystone pipeline could have. (:22) [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

House GOP leaders downplayed what they called “encouraging” jobs numbers Friday and argued that the country would be in a better place if it wasn’t for President Barack Obama. “There is certainly some positive news here,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said. “But the point we’re making is that we…

During a press conference on Friday, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) tells reporters that the billionaire Koch brothers are behind the movement to get the Keystone XL pipeline approved. (:35) [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Is Obamacare being used to suppress religious freedom? That’s what American Catholics are being told in letters read from the pulpit. They’ve angry about the latest government edict, requiring employer-provided health insurance to cover all forms of government-approved contraception, including methods that chemically abort a newly-conceived fetus. Clergy in a…

Sen. Marco Rubio(R-Fla.) is speaking out against the Obama administration’s decision to require faith-based groups to offer insurance plans that cover birth control. In a New York Post Op-Ed, the Senator urged the United States to take advantage of his Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012, a bill he introduced…

National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley issued the following statement Thursday denouncing legislation that would extend a pay freeze placed on federal workers in 2009. “Federal employees, who safeguard our air and water, defend our borders and ports, and keep our food and medicines safe, have already contributed $60 billion…