William Daley will be resigning as Obama’s Chief of Staff at the end of the month. He will be replaced by OMB Director Jacob Lew.

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The “Lion of the Senate”, former Senator Ted Kennedy filed an amicus brief opposing the recess appointment of William H. Pryor Jr. in 2004 –an appointment made by then President George W. Bush. Kennedy complained that the Senate was only out 10 days, which was not enough time to justify a recess appointment. One wonders what Kennedy would say to President Obama who made […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Obama’s lost labor force Big Labor is biggest ObamaCare waiver recipient… Corporatism vs. the Free Market The race for 2nd place in New Hampshire Incompetence of the non-Romney’s? Is Santorum a Reagan conservative? Santorum a friend of limited government? NYT editor argues for Hillary to be added to Obama ticket… White House threw secret and extravagant ‘Alice in Wonderland’ party during recession EEOC gives slackers a loophole by labeling them ‘disabled’ Former Senator Ted Kennedy opposed recess appointments

NRD Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared at The Hill . By Rick Manning — Washington, D.C., political insiders, wonks and talk radio are all atwitter about the decision by President Obama to blow up the Senate advise-and-consent process by making appointments of three individuals to the National Labor […]

By Rebecca DiFede — In a recent “informal open letter” to employers across the country , the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) stated that requiring that applicants have a high school diploma is excluding those who were unable to graduate due to a learning disability. They claim that having the exclusion “screens out an individual who […]

Go figure. The one group that organized coast to coast during the Obamacare debate to intimidate Americans to support the bill is also the one group getting out of it. According to a report in the Daily Caller , 543,812 workers who are members of labor unions have received waivers from Obamacare. Compare […]

By Bill Wilson — Since Barack Obama assumed office, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the total population over age 16 has grown by 5.845 million to 240.5 million , and yet, since then, the civilian labor force has actually shrunk by 349,000 — from about 154.2 million to 153.8 million. This is a startling contradiction, and it is at the heart of why the unemployment rate is much […]

By Rick Manning and Rebekah Rast – As if the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solyndra scandal wasn’t enough for American taxpayers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture decided to jump on the bandwagon of bad tax dollar investments as well. This bad investment was a USDA-backed biofuels plant […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Friday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Is Rick Santorum a supporter of limited government? The return of compassionate conservatism? NLRB recess appointments an egregious power grab Obama, the Constitutional anarchist Barack thumbs his nose at the Constitution Unemployment: 8.5% Is the real unemployment rate 11.4%? How about occupying a job? Cutting through the rhetoric on defense sequestration Who’s worse? Romney or environmental regulators?