by Shawn Meehan | Sep 25, 2021 | News
Thousands of Americans are seeking religious exemptions to vaccine mandates. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, U.S. employers are required to accommodate their employee’s “sincerely held” religious beliefs — including...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 22, 2021 | News
The highest-ranking Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee slammed Democrats’ massive trillion-dollar budget reconciliation package, arguing it raises taxes on working class Americans. Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady said the $3.5 trillion...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 22, 2021 | News
House Democrats will remove a provision replenishing Israel’s Iron Dome defense system from their government funding bill after progressives objected to it, even though the bill has no chance of passing the Senate regardless. Democrats unveiled the bill earlier...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 22, 2021 | News
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the powerful organization that oversees Middle Eastern oil production, blamed high gasoline prices on the shift toward renewable energy worldwide. “I have talked about a new premium that is emerging in the...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 18, 2021 | News
The U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate fell to 5.2%, according to Department of Labor data released Friday. Economists projected 720,000 Americans would be added to payrolls prior to Friday’s report, The Wall Street Journal reported....