WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on July 2, 2025: * * * Republicans and Big Labor: GOP-Union Outreach By Michael Watson Key Points * There is nothing new about Republican politicians trying to court labor bosses. * Before the second Trump administration, the Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford administrations all appointed Big Labor supporters as Labor Secretaries. * Those efforts did not fundamentally change Big Labor's leftist political outlook.   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 1 -- The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy issued the following statement: * * * WVCBP's Statement on Senators Capito and Justice's Votes for Largest Medicaid and SNAP Cuts in History Charleston, WV-- Today, the U.S. Senate passed a sweeping reconciliation package that contains historically large cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, two programs that disproportionately benefit the Mountain State. This legislation generates deep harm for the most vulnerable Americ  more