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Obama Recovery Officially Dead Last in Job Creation

In a jobs report unaffected by Hurricane Sandy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the U.S. economy added 171,000 nonfarm payroll jobs during October with a gain of 184,000 jobs in the private sector. The unemployment rate increased to 7.9%. U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice...

U.S. Budget Deficit Would Be Halved But For Obama’s Anti-Growth Policies

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, released the attached Republican Staff Commentary analyzing today’s Bureau of Economic Analysis’s advance estimate for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2012. “This commentary,” Brady said, "makes clear that s...

Lack of Economic Growth Slows Job Creation and Swells National Debt

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, responding to today’s announcement that real gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 2.0% during the 3rd-quarter of 2012, cited President Obama’s devotion to big government as the “primary reason” for the delay in A...

Rep. Kevin Brady on Bloomberg Radio 10.25.12

Brady Warns of Continued Uncertainty with QE “Infinity”

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of and top Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, today said the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to continue its quantitative easing policy until mid-2015, “heightens the uncertainty threatening our recovery.” Brady continued, “Policy uncertainty...

Vice Chairman Brady on Fox Business

Jobs Report: "A Part-Time Recovery," Brady Says

Obama "Part-Time" Recovery Still Last After September Jobs Report

Report Confirms Economy’s Lack of Growth

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) today revised downwards its estimate of 2nd Quarter gross domestic product (GDP). BEA estimates that real GDP increased at an annual rate of 1.3% during the 2nd quarter, down 0.4 percentage points from its previous estimate. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chair...

Congressman Kevin Brady Grades The Obama Economy at House GOP Leadership Press Conference

At today’s House Republican Leadership News Conference, Congressman Kevin Brady laid out the raw facts about President Obama’s Economic record. If the Obama recovery had been just an average recovery, 4.3 million more Americans would be working today instead of looking for work and America would...