Atlas Shrugged Watch

In a follow-on to the president’s jobs summit, Congress is cooking up a jobs bill for a vote next week. Read the rest of this entry »

In a December 3 article in Politico (”J-O-Bs should come before GDP”), Rep. Phil Hare argues that “reckless deregulation” is one of the causes of the current economic crisis. Read the rest of this entry »

The Labor Department is hurrying to correct inaccuracies in its monthly employment statistics that could cause the Obama administration big problems early next year. Read the rest of this entry »

Last year, even at the height of Obamamania, the president’s ardent supporters questioned whether he possessed the technical skills or practical experience needed to deal with the domestic economy. Read the rest of this entry »

The Obama Administration is out to create jobs. Let’s not get our hopes up. Read the rest of this entry »

What’s a tree-hugging news organization to do when global warming “science” has been exposed as the work of conspiratorial intellectual shysters right before an international conference on climate change? Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama will propose using $200 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to support creating jobs, White House officials confirmed Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

The three major Tea Party organizations in the 5th Congressional District will sponsor three debates for candidates seeking the Republication nomination to run against U.S. Rep. Thomas Perriello, D-Ivy. Read the rest of this entry »

Consumers continued to send mixed signals in November as they teetered between optimism about signs of economic recovery and fears about the job market and home values. Read the rest of this entry »

Not so long ago, Federal Reserve officials were confident they knew what to do when they saw bubbles building in prices of stocks, houses or other assets: Nothing. Read the rest of this entry »