Congress

The world was happy to wave goodbye to 2009 while hoping 2010 would bring down unemployment and pump up salaries. But what can you really expect from the new decade?

U.S. News & World Report has put together a list of four things we can expect from the business world. President Obama has said that the economy has been rescued but jobs are still being cut, so will the actions of the coming year speak louder than our Commander in Chief promises?  read more »

Greeting Congress just back from summer recess last night was President Obama, giving them an unprecedented one-topic State of the Union style address under the capital dome, designed to save his critically ill health care plan.

Media pundits called it the most important address of the Obama presidency, saying health care reform will die without his taking charge of the patient. But that is a big change from the Administrations earlier decision to avoid the failures of the Clinton administration by letting Congress write the first draft.  read more »

Watching the raucous debate over President Obama’s proposed stimulus package rage on Capitol Hill you might just throw up your hands in disgust and say, as President Ronald Reagan often did, “There you go again”.

Democrats are accusing Republicans of using tax cuts for the rich as the magic bullet that will kill the recession. Republicans are pointing the finger at spend-happy democrats who would sacrifice the nation on the altar of socialism. And the public just hopes they can all get along well enough to help them survive this historic economic meltdown.  read more »