Bloomberg studied the past 50 years of U.S. job creation, under Democratic and Republican presidents. The facts: For the near half-century following the Kennedy administration, Democrats created nearly twice as many private-sector jobs as Republicans.

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee says Chairman Carl Levin and member Jack Reed are visiting Afghanistan, Turkey and NATO headquarters in Belgium starting this weekend.

Snyder tries to ease tensions between unions and the GOP over right-to-work legislation. He asks that the GOP stop trying to pass right-to-work laws and asks that unions stop pursuing a Constitutional amendment that would prevent such laws. Snyder opposes both ideas because they are too divisive.

A Michigan Republican Senate candidate's campaign ad showing an Asian actress speaking in halting English drew fire from Asian-American and civil rights groups on Monday who said the commercial plays on racial stereotypes.

Reconciliation is intended only for budget-related items and the Stupak amendment language on abortion cannot survive the inevitable point of order on the Byrd rule. However, the Catholic bishops are seeking to break that rule, and get 60 votes from the Senate to waive the point of order to accommodate their restrictions of women’s choice. And they would threaten all Senators, Republican or Democrat, who didn’t vote their way, to break the rules.