Fred Harteis News Articles - Republicans seized on a drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in more than five years to assert today that tax cuts are working and the economy is strong, giving the party an opportunity four days from Election Day to highlight an issue it has counted on to offset bad news about the war.
Hours after the Labor Department announced that the unemployment rate had fallen to 4.4 percent in October — down from 4.6 percent in September and the lowest ... more »
