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While President Obama touts his climate plan as a path toward a cleaner tomorrow, critics maintain the economic and employment consequences will be high. (Associated Press)
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Illustration of myths about the benefits of raising the capital gains tax by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Rep. Donna Edwards, Maryland Democrat, said the bill passed by the House Wednesday would punish federal employees, and amounts to union-busing.
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Christina Hung (left), 23, of Oakland, fills out an application form during a health care enrollment event at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Oakland, Calif., on March 31, 2014. State-run health insurance markets that offer taxpayer-subsidized coverage under President Barack Obama’s law are grappling with high costs and disappointing enrollment, challenges that could lead more of them to turn over functions to the federal government, or join forces with other states. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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CEO Nigel Travis of Dunkin' Donuts believes a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers is "absolutely outrageous." (CNN)
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In this photo taken on June 30, 2015, Kerry P. Gorman, left, with the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, speaks to Pfc. Melanie Rodriguez, center, of the Bronx, and Pfc. Anthony Sanelli, of Queens, about employment opportunities during a job fair at Citi Field in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **
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In this Dec. 8, 2014, file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, of Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to members of the media after attending a hearing in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Denver, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)
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Paul Russo works on the letters for the Disabled Veterans' Life Memorial in Washington on July 21, 2014. According to a new report by the Government Accountability Office, nearly 60,000 veterans collected more than $3.5 billion in 2013 in military retirement pay, disability benefits from Veterans Affairs and disability checks from Social Security. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 file photo, pedestrian walks past a sign for health insurer Aetna Inc., at the company headquarters in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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Anousone Sudettanh, an employee of Waste Management Inc., collects garbage for the city of Seattle on April 5, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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The HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Portland, Ore., in this Nov. 12, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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In her highly touted economic policy speech on wage inequality and job creation Monday in New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton unexpectedly took what was seen as a sideswipe at Uber, Airbnb and other pioneers of the "sharing economy," saying the model left too many workers reliant on short-term contracts and freelance gigs without the benefits and protections of traditional jobs. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse on July 2, 2015, about the economy and to promote a proposed Labor Department rule that would make more workers eligible for overtime. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's economic platform is expected to include familiar liberal tropes such as a call to raise the minimum wage, heavily taxing the superrich, investment in infrastructure and subsidizing college tuition. (Associated Press Photographs)
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Directors Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville show what happened when in 1968 when ABC in hiring public intellectuals William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal to provide commentary during the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
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Social Security Victims Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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The crude oil debate has once again pitted President Obama against his traditional friends in organized labor. Major labor unions also have criticized the president for refusing to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which the administration admits would create more than 40,000 jobs. (Associated Press)
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A police officer stands as pensioners wait outside the main gate of the national bank of Greece to withdraw a maximum of 120 euros ($134) in central Athens, Thursday, July 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
