The Labor Department reported Friday that 80,000 jobs were added to the economy in June - well below already meager expectations.  The overall unemployment rate stayed at 8.2 percent.  Texas Rep. Kevin Brady is chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, which closely studies the monthly jobs reports.  Brady says the current trend shows job creation […]

 

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A few weeks ago, we learned that President Obama won over the support of the pharmaceutical industry for his health care plan.  One concession Obama made was to stop his public push for generic and imported prescription drugs.  That means all your favorite TV ads for those drugs will keep rolling along and the Capitol […]

 

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Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review recoil as the June job numbers come in very weak.  They also shake their heads as President Obama calls the report a step in the right direction and a key economic adviser says we shouldn’t read too much into one report.  And they discuss […]

 

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