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Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released unemployment numbers for June showing 467,000 jobs were lost and the unemployment rate is 9.5 percent. Speaker Pelosi: Today’s unemployment numbers are another reminder of the years of failure to invest in making Americans the most highly educated and innovative workforce in the world—and years of delay on affordable health [...]

Today marks a critical step toward the responsible withdrawal of American forces by December 2011 and the end of the war in Iraq, a war that tragically began more than six long years ago. This action is in keeping with the pledge made by President Obama and the Status of Forces agreement with the Iraqi [...]

Friday night’s passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act was a historic victory and a major step toward a new clean energy economy for America. News Coverage Demonstrates the Significance of the Energy Bill and Victory: ABC News - House Passes Milestone Climate Change Bill: Vote on Cap-and-Trade Bill Marks Major Movement in Energy Policy [...]

Today, the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) to revitalize our economy by creating millions of new jobs, increase our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and preserve our planet by reducing the pollution that causes global warming. Speaker Pelosi closed debate on the House floor speaking briefly, [...]

This week, the House will consider the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) to revitalize our economy by creating millions of new jobs, increase our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and preserve our planet by reducing the pollution that causes global warming. Two separate analyses released this week found the [...]

China’s official Xinhua news agency has reported that human rights leader Liu Xiaobo has been formally arrested on the criminal charge of “inciting subversion of state power.” Liu Xiaobo was one of the original signers of Charter 08, an online petition calling for new policies to improve human rights and democracy in China. [...]

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) released an analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) finding that as a result of energy efficiency measures in the legislation, consumers will spend around 7% less in 2020 on their utility bills and that the overall impact on the average household would be 22 to [...]

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (HR 2454) was filed with the Rules Committee last night and expected to be considered by the House on Friday. The legislation will revitalize our economy by creating millions of new jobs, increase our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and preserve our [...]

A New York Times-CBS News poll released over the weekend found that: Americans Believe that We Must Fix Health Care to Rebuild Our Economy: 86 percent of respondents agree the “rising cost of health care” is a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” threat to the nation’s economy. Americans Believe the Health Care System Needs Fundamental Reform: 85 [...]

This afternoon, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and Chairman Emeritus John Dingell, and Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller released a discussion draft for health care reform to reduce costs, offer a greater choice of doctors and plans, and guarantee affordable, quality health care [...]