The economy had a net growth of 226,000 jobs. Due to that, the unemployment rate went down two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.7%. The unemployment rate is the lowest in our years. Many analysts were only expecting a growth of 180,000 jobs.
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) announced that he is not running for re-election. Levin, who is 78 years old, is the current chair of the Armed Services Committee. The seat is up in 2014, and was leaning Democratic. From the press release: “This decision was extremely difficult because I love representing […]
In spite of Sen. Rand Paul’s bipartisan thirteen hour filibuster, the Senate voted to confirm John Brennan as the nation’s new CIA director.
In a nice taste of what could be coming, President Obama had dinner with twelve Senate Republicans. Many have criticized the President for not schmoozing congressmen and Senators. The twelve senators were Pat Toomey, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Kelly Ayotte, Saxby Chambliss, Ron Johnson, Dan Coats, Bob Borker, Tom Coburn, […]
Geraldo Rivera has been publicly pondering a 2014 Senate run in New Jersey as a Republican. If he were to run, he would most likely face Newark mayor Cory Booker in the general election. Twitter has often been considered a big platform for Mayor Booker. He received national attention for […]
