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Pat Cleary, senior vice president at the National Association of Manufacturers, has started a blog about politics, manufacturing and holding the media accountable.
Recent Posts
On 10th Anniversary of Seattle WTO, Let’s Move on Trade Liberalization
(Frank Vargo, the National Association of Manufacturers’s vice president for international economic affairs, is blogging from Geneva this week at the ministerial meeting of the WTO. This is his first report.) This afternoon, Monday, November 30...
Dispatch from the Front: The Week of November 30
Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess to act on health care and the death tax, and the economy dominates the week with concern about jobs, jobs and jobs. And Dubai debt. And jobs. And Afghanistan. And jobs. President Obama meets with Australi...
Justice on the Side of Power, Power on the Side of Justice
Needed electricity? Good jobs? Economic growth in a struggling area of Virginia? Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s proposed Cypress Creek Power Station in Dendron, Va., would accomplish all those good things. According to ODEC’s thoroug...
John Engler: For More Jobs, Enact U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Pact
John Engler, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, has an op-ed marking the third anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. From The Bradenton Herald, “U.S.-Colombia free trade pact will boost emplo...
Two Other Obituaries of Note — Men Who Protected Lives
The Virginian Pilot has an excellent obituaries page. From Friday: Robert A. Fuhrman, 1925-2009, “Lockhead executive led missile programs“: Robert A. Fuhrman, a pioneering Lockheed engineer who played a central role in the creation of the...
RIP, Edward Stimpson, Who Helped Save an Industry
From The Associated Press, “Edward Stimpson, aviation advocate, dies at 75 BOISE, Idaho — Edward Stimpson, an aviation advocate who pushed to rejuvenate struggling small aircraft manufacturers in the 1990s by limiting lawsuits against them, h...

Passage of HR2454 would unfairly place new cost burden on families in select states while people living in the most wealthy states would pay zero (i.e., Rep. Henry Waxman's home state of California)! Midwestern and Southern States would be hit the hardest. Your opinion does count. Please let your Senators know who you feel at http://tinyurl.com/klfut8.
Posted: September 11th, 2009 | Report This Comment