{"id":411687,"date":"2010-03-10T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T12:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/03\/10\/house-ways-and-means-chairman-levin-says-job-creation-will-be-top-priority\/"},"modified":"2010-03-10T07:38:44","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T12:38:44","slug":"house-ways-and-means-chairman-levin-says-job-creation-will-be-top-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/411687","title":{"rendered":"House Ways and Means Chairman Levin says job creation will be top priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.washingtonpost.com\/click.phdo?i=458a1303e8707b05a634b0c7b994cf08\" >House Ways and Means Chairman Levin says job creation will be top priority \t\t\t<\/a><br \/> As he takes the reins of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Sander M. Levin is vowing to raise the profile of a once-powerful panel that, in recent years, has been overshadowed by the ethics troubles of its previous chairman, Rep. Charles B. 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But former congressman Eric Massa&#8217;s accusation that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once berated him in the gym&#8217;s shower over his vote against President Obama&#8217;s budget left Washington watchers wondering how much business politicians conduct while naked. <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=233e37d541d9f64e62d38147c158cd14&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=233e37d541d9f64e62d38147c158cd14&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <!-- foo --> \t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.washingtonpost.com\/click.phdo?i=5f207043d361cd29dba35d1b327094fa\" >Republicans work to split Democrats, block health-care bill \t\t\t<\/a><br \/> As Republicans work to prevent a health-care bill from reaching President Obama, they are scrambling to exploit divisions between Democrats in the House and Senate. <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=5f207043d361cd29dba35d1b327094fa&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=5f207043d361cd29dba35d1b327094fa&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <!-- foo --> \t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Ways and Means Chairman Levin says job creation will be top priority As he takes the reins of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. 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