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A new report details how the failure to finalize rules harms the  American people by compromising the safety of food, automobiles, workplaces and protections for investors.

Primary doctors with private practices often argue that they can’t afford to take too many Medicaid patients because of the low reimbursements from the government. These doctors compare themselves to small business owners, and, as one doctor told Fredricksburg’s Virginia’s Free Lance Star, many have to ask themselves, “How much can you take until you have to make the very tough business decision that I can’t do this anymore?” 

As members of the class of 2013 stepped on stage to receive their diplomas, the unemployment rate in America stood at 7.6 percent — a bit better than the past four years, but that ain't saying much. Before the financial crisis, students graduating in 2007 faced a much rosier jobless rate of only 4.7 percent. The fact of the matter is that the past four years of high unemployment numbers represent the worst economy the country has suffered in 70 years, and young adults are shouldering a hefty part of the burden.

The Democrat-controlled state legislature just weakened this landmark law, Connecticut’s “Citizens’ Election Program."

Dig deep enough into the new jobs data for May and you'll find this startling figure: 116 million. That's the number of Americans who were employed at full-time jobs last month. 

Why is that so startling? Because the total potential U.S. labor force is 245 million people. 

It's often said that Americans are ideologically conservative but operationally liberal. While we don't like big government in theory, we want all the services it provides -- and then some.

Obamacare may be the best illustration of this maxim yet.

Polls have consistently found the public sharply divided over the Affordable Care Act writ large -- with slightly more Americans against the law than for it. And polls have just as consistently found that Americans back the individual provisions of the law. 

Yesterday, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) got off to an auspicious start as chair of the Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy by doing something that is all too novel—inviting people with the most at stake in economic policy decisions to testify in Congress.

Here’s a very real impact of climate change: as hurricane season approaches, New York City- a region that never had to worry about hurricanes before- is assessing whether it would be ready for another storm. Prior to 2011, the city never worried about hurricanes because it was well outside hurricane paths. After Irene in 2011 and Sandy in 2012, that reality has changed.