Tag: Jobs

The Tax Foundation said under its dynamic scoring model, the tax cuts Republicans hope to pass into law this week would increase GDP by 1.7 percent over the decade. Senate Republicans appear to be unified around the final tax reform bill, and are expected to pass it as early as Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Tax Foundation: GOP tax bill costs $448 billion in dynamic analysis

Pete Kasperowicz · December 18, 2017 12:51 pm

Congress's new tax bill creates a new 20 percent small business deduction. In other words, for a business with $200,000 a year in annual earnings, $40,000 would be completely tax free. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tax bill would help ordinary Americans and small business owners like me

Washington Examiner · December 17, 2017 5:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., cast the tax reform bill as an example of delivering on Republican promises to voters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP isn’t spooked by Democrats’ dire warnings on tax reform

Al Weaver · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

The Man They Love to Hate

Fred Barnes · December 15, 2017 9:00 am

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.,argues that leaving the deal would harm the economy and lead to increased immigration. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jeff Flake urges White House not to pull out of NAFTA

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 8:44 pm

The Economic Policy Institute has said studies in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York found that 12 percent of tipped workers had their tips taken by their employer when they didn't qualify for the pooling exception. (iStock)

Proposed Labor Department rule on tips would let employers pocket billions, liberal think tank says

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 6:53 pm

The five-member board said it would reopen the rule to public comment, the first step in officially rewriting it. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

NLRB moves to roll back rule giving workers’ contact information to unions

Sean Higgins · December 12, 2017 10:54 pm

About 228,000 workers were added to November payrolls, according to the Bureau for Labor Statistics. But what is really going on in the American economy? (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Beltway Confidential

Is the economy surging or sleepwalking?

Bruce Yandle · December 12, 2017 5:57 pm

President Trump should work with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to establish free-enterprise zones in India that will allow U.S. companies to make profits and Indian workers to find domestic jobs. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Trump must woo India, and right now

Tom Rogan · December 12, 2017 2:50 pm

According to the Labor Department, there is a "strong argument" that employers should be allowed to pool tips even if the workers do make the minimum wage, currently prohibited under federal law. (iStock)

Democrats say White House violating rules on tipping

Sean Higgins · December 11, 2017 11:34 pm

Apprentice Ryan Buzzy, right, works with Skip Johnson, a trainer for the Stihl Inc. apprenticeship program, on a metalworking lathe in their training area at the Stihl Inc. manufacturing facility in Virginia Beach, Va., on May 25. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Pushed by Trump, states look to promote apprenticeships

Anna Giaritelli · December 11, 2017 5:01 am

President Donald Trump walks onto the stage to speak at a campaign-style rally at the Pensacola Bay Center, in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Washington Secrets

White House Report Card: Trump puts big points on the board

Paul Bedard · December 9, 2017 12:31 pm