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Americans Who Need A New Car Come Last After Bidenomics Drives Up Prices And The White House Sides With Big Unions
President Biden’s Inflationary Economic Policies Have Relentlessly Driven Up The Prices Of New And Used Cars As High Interest Rates Making Buying A Car Even More Costly, And Now The UAW Strike Could Raise Costs For Consumers Even Further As Biden Sides With The Union Over Ordinary Americans ‘It’s Not A Great Time To Be In The Market For A New Car. Prices Are Rising, Options Are Limited And Interest Rates Are Higher Than They’ve Been In Over 20 Years’ “It’s not a great time to be in the marke… Continue Reading
09.06.23
Biden Packs The Government With Big Labor Partisans While A Summer Of Strikes Threatens The Economy
President Biden Keeps Pushing Union Partisans For Key Labor Positions In The Federal Government And They Are Dutifully Rewriting Labor Laws And Regulations To Favor Unions, All While Big Unions Are Striking Or Threatening Strikes In Many Critical Economic Sectors SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): “This week, Senate Democrats are attempting to tip the partisan scales and weaponize a regulatory authority that impacts millions of American workers and businesses. The Senate’s longsta… Continue Reading
07.20.23
With Julie Su Still Unable To Get The Support Of A Majority Of Senators, The White House Appears Ready To Attempt An End-Run Around The Senate
With Bipartisan Opposition To Julie Su's Nomination To Lead The Department Of Labor And Democrat Leaders Stalling A Vote For Months, The White House And Some Senate Democrats Now Appear To Be Maneuvering To Keep Her Running The Department In An Acting Capacity Indefinitely, Despite Their Previous Vocal Opposition To Similar Moves SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "For more than two years now, the Biden Administration has sent the Senate a steady stream of radical and unqualifi… Continue Reading
06.15.23
‘Sheriff Joe’ Biden Still Wants To Deputize Julie Su, Who Lost More Than A Fistful Of Dollars
Despite Previously Emphasizing That His Cabinet Must Use Tax Money 'Efficiently And Effectively,' The Biden White House Continues To Push For Julie Su, Who Presided Over $30 Billion In Unemployment Insurance Fraud, To Head The Department Of Labor As President, 'Sheriff Joe' Biden Emphasized To His Cabinet The Need For Taxpayer Money To Be 'Used Efficiently And Effectively' REUTERS: ''Sheriff Joe' Biden Urges Cabinet To Ensure Fresh Spending Is Used Wisely' ("'Sheriff Joe' Biden Urges Cabi… Continue Reading
06.08.23
Biden White House Continues To Push Big Union Ally Julie Su, Part Of A Raft Of Radical And Unqualified Nominees
In Spite Of A 'Full-Court Press' By The White House And Powerful Big-Pocketed Unions, Many Democrat Senators Are Still Reluctant To Support Labor Secretary Nominee Julie Su, Whose Mismanagement Of California's Unemployment Insurance During The Pandemic Looms Large Over Her Nomination SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "For someone who campaigned as a moderate and promised to unify our country, President Biden has chosen to staff his Administration with a roster of alarmingly ra… Continue Reading
04.20.23
Julie Su Is A Partisan Union Activist Whose Policies Will Hurt Independent Contractors And Small Businesses
President Biden Has Nominated Julie Su To Be The New Secretary Of Labor But Her Track Record In California Of Mismanagement And Support For Disastrous Big Labor-Driven Policies Shows She Should Not Be Promoted By The Senate SEN. BILL CASSIDY (R-LA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member: "Deputy Secretary Su has a troubling record and is currently overseeing the Department of Labor's development of anti-worker regulations that dismantle the gig economy. This … Continue Reading
11.30.21
Democrats’ Reckless Taxing-And-Spending Spree Is A ‘Big Labor Bonanza’
'Biden's Nearly $2 Trillion Social Spending And Climate Bill Is A Boon For Unions,' As AFT President Randi Weingarten Boasts, 'Labor Is Not Only All Over Supporting It, It Has Helped Craft It' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "On the whole, the reckless taxing and spending spree that Democrats want to ram through will hurt families and help China. But when you take a close look, there are some special groups of people here at home who would make out like bandits. There are speci… Continue Reading
07.13.21
Dems Ignoring The Failures Of Their Partisan Spending Bill In Their Rush For Another
As Democrats Attempt To Force Through Another Partisan Reconciliation Spending Bill, The Track Record Of Their First One Is Poor: A Massive Labor Shortage Fueled In Part By Higher Unemployment Benefits, States That Didn't Need Another Infusion Of Federal Money Swimming In Cash, And A Restaurant Relief Fund Beset By 'A Cloud Of Errors And Confusion' SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Recent headlines have reinforced a warning that Republicans and economic experts have been arti… Continue Reading
06.14.21
Democrats’ Economic Policies Hitting Americans In Their Wallets
Two Months After Democrats Passed Their Massive Spending Bill, Which Included An Extension Of Extra Federal Unemployment Benefits, May Economic Data Shows Americans Experienced The Largest Increase In Inflation Since 2008, Fueled In Part By Businesses Competing For Workers Against Government Benefits Passing Rising Labor And Commodity Costs On To Consumers, All Of Which Now Has Some Dems Reevaluating The Wisdom Of Their Unemployment Policies SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "… Continue Reading
05.19.21
Employers Struggle To Compete For Workers Against Government Benefits
All Across The Country, Employers Say They Cannot Recruit Workers, Despite Offering Higher Salaries And Even Bonuses, Because Some People Are 'Making More Money On Unemployment,' But Republican Governors Are Leading The Way In Ending Enhanced Government Benefits To Get People Back To Work And The Economy Back On Track As The Economy Reopens, Employers Are Struggling To Recruit Workers As They Compete With 'Enhanced Unemployment Benefits From The Government' "There's a wild card in the pus… Continue Reading
04.28.21
‘Centrist Words, Liberal Actions’: Biden’s First 100 Days
Though Joe Biden Ran As A Unifying Figure, The Record Of His First 100 Days Is One Of Partisan Ideological Left-Wing Governance President Biden Pledged Unity But Has Spent His First 100 Days Governing From The Left Despite Biden's Call For Unity, His First Actions As President Were 'To Advance A Liberal Agenda' And 'Offer Little Compromise' The Rhetoric: 'Unity Is The Path Forward … I Will Fight As Hard For Those Who Did Not Support Me As For Those Who Did,' '[The American People]… Continue Reading
12.20.19
Senate Accomplishments In The 116th Congress So Far
Accomplishments Of The 116th Senate Include: HISTORIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE COURTS: Confirmed 20 of President Trump's circuit court nominees and 80 of his district court nominees for a total of 50 and 133 since 2017, respectively. "[T]he Senate has confirmed 102 judges for the year … It's the second-highest confirmation total in a single year in American history." FISCAL YEAR 2020 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: Passed the bipartisan annual defense policy bill providing for $750 billi… Continue Reading
05.09.19
‘Spectacular’
'Workers Are Really Confident That There Are Jobs Out There That Are Available For Them' As 'The Strong Labor Market Is Pulling People In Off The Sidelines' And 'The Recovery Is Benefiting The People Most In Need Of Help' SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "For the better part of the last two years, the Labor Department's monthly jobs report has regularly pointed to an economy that's opening new doors for millions of Americans. It's reinforced what we knew to be the case: the pro… Continue Reading
04.15.19
‘The Hottest Job Market In Half A Century’
Americans Are Benefitting From Lower Taxes, More Job Opportunities, Competition For Workers, And Higher Wages, All Encouraged By 'Republicans' Pro-Growth, Pro-Opportunity Policies' SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Here's how Republicans' pro-growth, pro-opportunity policies helped get us where we are. By encouraging job creators to invest here at home, instead of penalizing success. By recognizing that working families know best how to spend their paychecks, not Washington. By… Continue Reading
10.12.18
‘The American Economy Is Humming’
In 'A Remarkable Rebound' From The Last Recession, 'The Benefits Of The Strong Economy Lifted The Fortunes Of More Americans' SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "According to the latest Department of Labor report, unemployment in the United States of America has now fallen to 3.7 percent. That's our lowest unemployment rate since 1969…. [I]t is rising wages, more job opportunities, and new investment. And it's reaching kitchen tables and communities large and small all acr… Continue Reading
04.18.18
‘Chopping Away’ At Regulations
16th CRA Targets 'Unaccountable, Out-Of-Control Agency That Circumvented The Proper Rulemaking Process' SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Republicans are chopping away at the tangled mess of regulations the last administration left behind. Our whole economy is getting a tune-up…. We used the Congressional Review Act a record 15 times last year." (Sen. McConnell, Remarks, 4/17/2018) 'GOP Maneuver Could Roll Back Decades Of Regulation' "Republicans are preparing to ope… Continue Reading
03.08.18
Dems: ‘We Could Take Some Of That Money’
Senate Democrats Propose Clawing Back Americans' Bonuses, Pay Raises, & New Jobs SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Just yesterday, Senate Democrats announced they'd like to spend a trillion dollars of taxpayer money -- and to try and pay for some of it, they want to roll back Americans' brand-new tax cuts while they're at it. There they go again. Tax more. Spend more. Take money away from American families and give it to the federal government." (Sen. McConnell, Floor Remarks, 3/8/2018) SEN.… Continue Reading
12.12.17
‘China Fears The Tax Changes Could Make The U.S. A More Attractive Place To Do Business’
'In The Beijing Leadership Compound Of Zhongnanhai, Officials Are Putting In Place A Contingency Plan To Combat Consequences For China Of U.S. Tax Changes…' 'Beijing Fears The Tax Changes Could Make The U.S. A More Attractive Place To Do Business' "Beijing fears the tax changes could make the U.S. a more attractive place to do business and, combined with expected higher U.S. interest rates, sap investment from China." ("U.S. Tax Plan Draws Attacks Abroad…" The Wall Street Journ… Continue Reading
11.16.17
Job Creators: Senate Tax Plan Will ‘Energize Our Nation’s Economy’
'Momentum Is Building For Historic Tax Reform… That Lifts Everyone Up And Leaves No One Behind,' 'We Can Revitalize The Job Market And Reinvigorate Local Economies' 'Tax Reform Is Vital,' 'This Is A Proposal That Would Cut Taxes, Create Jobs And Energize Our Nation's Economy' JAY TIMMONS, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO: "Momentum is building for historic tax reform, and the Senate's bold vision takes us one step closer to victory-to a plan that lifts everyone … Continue Reading
10.26.17
15 CRAs: Draining The Regulatory Swamp
Continuing The 'Most Ambitious Regulatory Rollback Since Reagan,' Congress Scraps Another Bureaucratic Rule FIFTEEN: Overturning A Rule That Could Have Meant Higher Credit Card Rates And 'A Bonanza For Trial Lawyers' SEN. MIKE CRAPO (R-ID), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman: "[T]he entire purpose of this rule is to promote class action litigation and to stop arbitration resolution when there is a dispute…. The CFPB failed to demonstrate that consumers will… Continue Reading
