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WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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House to vote on variable rate student loans
Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are ready to pass legislation that links student loan rates to the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
The job fatality rate isn’t budging, and no wonder, with penalties this low
Posted by admin on May 12th, 2013
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American Voices: Black Voting Rate Surpassed White Voting Rate In 2012
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
According to Census Bureau data, 66.2 percent of eligible African-American voters turned out to cast a ballot in the 2012 election, compared to 64.1 percent of eligible Caucasian voters, the first time on record that blacks have surpassed whites in voter … The Onion Tweet This Post
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No Comments »Lawmakers Becoming Lobbyists at Increasing Rate
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2013
Bloomberg: “Since the November elections, at least 22 members of the last Congress took jobs with lobbying firms, running trade associations or handling government relations for organizations. That would increase by 14 percent over 2012 the number of former lawmakers now in the lobbying business… Since 1998, a total of 338 former members of Congress [...]
Elizabeth Warren: Students should get the same loan rate as big banks
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: big banks, Elizabeth, loan, Rate, same, Should, Students, Warren No Comments »American Voices: Suicide Rate Up Sharply Among Middle-Aged
Posted by admin on May 6th, 2013
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate among Americans between the ages of 35 and 64 increased by 28 percent between 1999 and 2010. The Onion Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: American, among, MiddleAged, Rate, Sharply, Suicide, Voices No Comments »Forget the Unemployment Rate: The Alarming Stat Is the Number of ‘Missing Workers’
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2013
The federal government’s latest snapshot of the unemployment rate offered few bright spots on Friday. The economy added 165,000 jobs in April—slightly better than March’s revised number of 138,000 jobs. Unemployment went down 1 percentage point to 7.5 percent; and health care, retail trade, and the food services industry added positions. Politics News Headlines – [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Alarming, forget, Missing, number, Rate, Stat, Unemployment, Workers No Comments »Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.5%
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2013
The U.S. economy added 165,000 jobs last month, more than the 148,000 gain expected by economists, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tweet This Post
Gain in payroll jobs higher than expected. Unemployment rate falls to 7.5%. Revisions soar.
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: 7.5%, expected, Falls, gain, higher, Jobs, payroll, Rate, Revisions, soar, than, Unemployment No Comments »
