December 20, 2015 Obama economic adviser Sperling leaving, successor picked President Obama will replace Gene Sperling, his chief economic adviser and West Wing workaholic, with Jeffrey Zients, a top aide who has filled in as acting budget director and who led a White House effort to streamline government.
December 20, 2015 Republicans move to halt ObamaCare 'bailout' for angry unions Capitol Hill Republicans are trying to stop the Obama administration from offering labor unions a sweetheart deal on ObamaCare, as the White House tries to quell a simmering rebellion from Big Labor over the health care law.
December 20, 2015 Government failed to reduce ‘food insecurity’ despite spending billions more Despite a $6 billion increase in food assistance spending, there was no reduction in the number of American households that are "food insecure," according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
December 20, 2015 Feds press Tenn. officials to spend taxpayer money as quickly as possible The federal government insisted Tennessee officials spend $217 million in taxpayer money as quickly as possible as interest free loans for homeowners -- and the state has happily obliged, giving away all but $73 million.
December 20, 2015 Obama: US must be place that rewards hard work Echoing themes of civil rights and social justice, President Barack Obama said Saturday that until the U.S. becomes a place where anyone who is willing to work hard can earn a way into the middle class "we can't let up and we can't rest."
December 20, 2015 'Red line' just one of roughly 500 Obama promises that have come and gone President Obama vowing that Syria would “cross a red line” by using chemical weapons is far from the only marker he’s laid down or promise he’s tried to keep since running for president in 2008.
December 20, 2015 Unequal unemployment? Program helps certain laid-off workers Thanks to a little-known federal program that gives some workers better benefits than others, America’s unemployed are not all treated equal.
December 20, 2015 White House economic adviser Sperling expected to exit soon Another shake-up may be coming to President Obama's economic team.
December 20, 2015 Obama taking action to push manufacturing President Obama on Monday expanded his push for increased manufacturing in the United States by directing federal money toward new technologies, apprenticeship programs and competitions designed to assist small manufacturers.
December 20, 2015 US jobless rate falls to 6-year low of 5.9 percent U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs in September, a burst of hiring that helped drive down the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent, the lowest since July 2008.