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Funding Crisis for Unemployment Programs Begs Reform

By | 05.07.10 | 6:00 am

Most state unemployment programs are flat broke, according to federal analysts, and the states themselves are largely to blame.

Thirty-four state unemployment insurance trust funds have run dry as a result of the recent recession, forcing those programs to take out nearly $40 billion in federal loans to weather the More…

Georgia Republicans: State Can’t Afford Health Care Reform

By | 02.08.10 | 5:49 pm

Georgia’s House Republicans have a simple warning for Democratic leaders still hoping to pass health care reform this year: Our state can’t afford it.

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the Republicans argue that the Democrats’ plans to expand Medicaid, a program More…

NY-23: Congressman Endorses Hoffman to Stop Bipartisanship

By | 10.26.09 | 5:57 pm

Eric Kleefeld first reported that Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.) would endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in the New York 23rd Congressional District special election, but Linder’s reason for opposing Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava is truly interesting. From the press release:

The biggest concern I have with the Republican

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