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Work-Life Balancing Act? Congress Says 'No' on Safety Net
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyClose your eyes and picture the typical home-and-work high-wire act. For most of us it looks like this: a harried mom of two (or one, or three) coming in the house, bags of groceries in both arms, throwing off a suit jacket, peeling kids off her shins, checking her BlackBerry, trying not to let the pasta water boil over, and promising the report will get finished just as soon as the kids are asleep, dammit. To complete many such pictures, there is often another acrobat in the picture: an equally overworked man also trying to balance it all. Fact: The number of dual-income households has ...
Does Obama Have a Clear Plan for Afghanistan?
By David Corn - Politics DailyIf someone were to tell you they wanted to spend $100 billion a year on a project but couldn't fully describe its goal, you'd probably think twice before saying, go for it. But that's what President Barack Obama is doing with the war in Afghanistan -- according to an Obama-friendly think tank. This week, as Obama meets in Washington with Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, the Center for American Progress released a study that contained a stunning conclusion. Obama administration officials, it declares, "need greater clarity of purpose in defining their end-state goals" in Afghanistan. ...
Hamid Karzai Visits D.C. to Strengthen Afghan-U.S. Ties
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyAfghanistan President Hamid Karzai touched down in Washington, D.C. Monday afternoon for a whirlwind rekindle-the-romance tour that will include the White House, Pentagon, State Department and Capitol Hill. The goal: a recalibration of U.S.-Afghanistan relations, a renewed vow on both sides to fight terror, a securing of Karzai's position in both his own country and on the world stage, a promise to the Afghan people of continued U.S. commitment to the region and the country, and a reassurance of the American people that Hamid Karzai is still a leader who can be relied upon. ...
Study: Immigration Reform Would Boost US Economy
By David Knowles - AOL News(Jan. 8) -- If the United States were to create a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants currently living in the country, it could boost its gross domestic product by $1.5 trillion in just 10 years, a new study claims. Conducted by a U.C.L.A. economist and released by the Immigration Policy Center and the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan research institute based in Washington, the study argues that if comprehensive immigration reform were passed it would result in higher wages, which would lead to a rise in consumption that, in turn, would create more jobs and ...
Podesta: Democrats Will Pass Health Bill With or Without Lieberman
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyJohn Podesta, the former White House chief of staff who ran President Obama's transition and still advises the administration on health care and other issues, today expressed confidence that a health care bill will pass despite the news that Sen. Joe Lieberman will filibuster any legislation with a public health insurance option or a Medicare buy-in for 55 year-olds. ...
Women Are Overtaking Men in the US
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 6) -- The United States may have officially entered the age of woman. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this fall, for the first time in U.S. history, women have surpassed men and now make up more than 50 percent of the nation's workforce. In 1967, by comparison, they accounted for just one-third of all workers. Signs of the changing landscape in gender relations are just about everywhere you look: • Double the number of single women are now purchasing homes in America than there are single men. • Four out of every 10 women are are now their family's primary ...
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