Daily Clips: October 13th, 2016
Big money may not save GOP senators:
In this election, Senate Republicans started out defending more than twice as many seats as Democrats, but benefited handsomely from a spending bonanza by billionaire GOP donors who shoveled big money into congressional contests instead of giving it to Trump. A full 63 percent of the $737 million spent by super PACs so far in this election has been doled out by pro-GOP groups…
Can the Democrats resurrect the middle class? A very in-depth article by Thomas Edsall which explores a variety of progressive economic agendas.
The Consumer Protection Agency is unusual, but not unconstitutional
US jobless claims at 43-year low: The labor market’s strength is good news for Obama’s economic legacy.
initial jobless claims are at their lowest level since 1973. pic.twitter.com/G1aPlxGvJt
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) October 13, 2016
