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Rep. Loudermilk Joins Roundtable Discussion About the Economy

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Leader Kevin McCarthy:  With inflation at a 40-year high, the average American household spent $3,500 more in 2021 to receive the same goods and services as the year before. Not only are prices up, but workers real wages are down by 2.4% on average. As a result, working families have less purchasing power than the year before. And don’t expect real action from the Biden…

Breaking: Supreme Court blocks Biden OSHA vaccine mandate, allows rule for health care workers

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Fox News:  The Supreme Court on Thursday issued mixed rulings in a pair of cases challenging Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates, allowing the requirement for certain health care workers to go into effect while blocking enforcement of a mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees. The latter, an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule that took…

Rep. Loudermilk: Despite Warnings From Obama Economists, Democrats Pass Inflation-Boosting Spending Package

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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement after the House passed President Biden’s Build Back Better Act: “The passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, better known as the ‘tax big and spend bigger’ bill, is an economic time bomb that will make things exponentially worse if it goes off. This bill is the perfect representation of just how out of touch…

Fox Business: CBO: Biden spending bill will add $367B to deficit, not counting IRS tax enforcement plan

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Fox Business:  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated Thursday that President Biden’s social spending bill will add $367 billion to the federal deficit over the next 10 years, without counting potential revenue from an IRS tax enforcement crackdown that White House officials claim will cover the remaining cost. "CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would…

Georgia DOL: Georgia Unemployment Rate Hits All-Time Low Amid Strong Job Growth

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Georgia Department of Labor:  Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced today that Georgia's unemployment rate dropped to 3.1 percent in October, the lowest rate in Georgia's recorded history. The rate was down two-tenths from a revised 3.3 percent in September. The national October 2021 unemployment rate was down two-tenths to 4.6 percent. Jobs in Georgia were up 21,000…

National Law Review: OSHA Suspends Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 Vaccinations and Testing for Employers with 100 or More Employees

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National Law Review:  On Thursday, November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that establishes minimum COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements for private employers with 100 or more employees throughout the United States. Shortly after the ETS was published, several states and businesses sued…