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Today, the Department of Labor released the February jobs report showing the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.7%. Job losses totaled a better than expected 36,000 -- down from the 779,000 job losses in January 2009 -- with the jobs losses in the previous two months revised down by 35,000.

While Republicans are claiming the majority vote on health care reform President Obama called for yesterday constitutes 'ramming through health care', reconciliation is part of the normal legislative process--used 22 times over the last 30 years--16 times by Republican-led Senates. And nearly two-thirds of the time, Republican Presidents have signed reconciliation bills.

Every child should be safe and protected while at school but an investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last year found "hundreds of cases of alleged abuse and death" as a result of misuses of restraint and seclusion in public and private schools, with many of these interventions us

Last night on the Late Show with David Letterman, former Republican Governor Mitt Romney stated, "the problem is not the insurance companies." Democrats disagree--health reform legislation must hold the health insurance companies accountable and put an end to discrimination based on pre-existing con

Baltimore Sun -- 4,700 Marylanders to Bunning: Thanks a lot, senator

Last week, the House unanimously approved legislation to extend a range of emergency relief and job creating funding critical to millions of families that were set to expire on Sunday, February 28th including:

Today, the Department of Commerce reported economic growth of 5.9% for the last quarter of 2009 (up from its earlier estimate of 5.7%).