Posts Tagged ‘Jobs’

Carney to press: ‘You’re good at your jobs and you’re smart’

Think of it as a sort of reverse birthday gift. After a tense few days in the White House Brady Press Briefing Room as the Internal Revenue Service scandal, Benghazi emails and the Justice Department’s secret seizure of journalists’ phone records put White House press secretary Jay Carney on defense, he decided to strike a [...]

Weird Guy From 2 Jobs Ago Still Liking Woman’s Photos On Facebook

NORFOLK, VA—Though she hasn’t spoken with him since they were both employees of American Mutual Insurance back in 2008, local woman Rebecca Pittman, 30, said Thursday that her former coworker Jeff Wallach, 35, still frequently “likes… The Onion Tweet This Post

Obama Pivots to Jobs Tour at End of Scandal Filled Week

After a week filled with political scandals, President Obama turned to promoting his jobs tour in his weekly address Saturday. “That’s why I like getting out of the Washington echo chamber whenever I can – because too often, our politics aren’t focused on the same… Tweet This Post

Obama talks jobs, says politics misplace focus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class. Tweet This Post

Obama: ‘Our focus cannot drift’ from jobs, economy

BALTIMORE (AP) — Trying to reset the agenda amid scandal in Washington, President Barack Obama turned his attention Friday to the economy and said lawmakers should spend every day resolute on how to help it grow and get people back to work. "Our focus cannot drift," he said. Tweet This Post

Obama gets break from scandals to push jobs and economy in Baltimore

After a week filled with controversy and criticism, President Barack Obama leaves town Friday for the second stop on his “Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tour.” The trip, previously scheduled, takes him to Baltimore, Md., where he will press his economic agenda. Obama, who will tour a Baltimore elementary school, a manufacturer and a community [...]

Economics Daily Digest: Where are you, jobs?

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Ted Cruz wants to taunt President Obama about jobs? Really?

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz apparently decided to follow the leader Thursday—as in following Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a particular way of being an asshole—tweeting “About President Obama’s visit to Texas today…” with this image: Tweet This Post

Obama pressed to do more on jobs, stagnant wages

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s slowly improving jobs picture hides problems like stagnant wages and fewer working hours that strike directly at President Barack Obama’s base of support — young people, racial minorities and the less affluent. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post