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Amid labor anxiety, Obama meets with union leaders
Washington Examiner - 3 days agoAfter business executives had their turn at the White House, President Barack Obama is giving a shot to union leaders fuming over the tax bill he intended to sign a few hours after Friday's meeting. The deal with congressional Republicans included…
Read more >>Senate passes middle class tax cuts
Examiner.com - 5 days ago
On Wednesday, December 15, the Senate passed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, H.R. 4853, by a strong Bipartisan vote of 81 to 14. The bill extends the Bush Tax Cuts from 2001, 2003 and 200…
Read more >>South Korea trade deal deserves rejection
Examiner.com - 7 days agoWith Unemployment at a high level, the last thing the U.S. economy needs is the recently signed Trade Agreement with South Korea, which has been projected to cost 159,000 jobs and increase the American Trade Deficit. This badly flawed deal is the …
Read more >>Payroll tax cut worries Social Security advocates (AP)
Yahoo! News - 8 days agoWASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's plan to cut Payroll taxes for a year would provide big savings for many workers, but makes Social Security advocates nervous that it could jeopardize the Retirement program's finances. The plan is part…
Read more >>South Korea free-trade deal opposed by AFL-CIO, Steelworkers, other unions
- 10th Dec 2010The proposed U.S.-South Korea free-trade deal drew fire from major unions Thursday, disrupting the Obama Administration's hope for building a broad consensus behind its first free-trade pact. This Story South Korea free-trade deal opposed by AF…
Read more >>U.S. labor group to oppose Obama on South Korea trade
- 9th Dec 2010WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest U.S. labor organization said on Thursday it will fight President Barack Obama on a Free Trade deal with South Korea, despite changes his administration made to the pact to broaden support. The revised deal still…
Read more >>U.S. labor group to oppose Obama on South Korea trade (Reuters)
- 9th Dec 2010WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The largest U.S. labor organization said on Thursday it will fight President Barack Obama on a Free Trade deal with South Korea, despite changes his administration made to the pact to broaden support. The revised dea…
Read more >>Obama touts South Korea trade deal (Reuters)
- 5th Dec 2010WASHINGTON/Seoul (Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed at the weekend to work with Republicans and Democrats to pass a free-trade pact with South Korea that he said was a model for future agreements he would seek in Asia and around the …
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