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Sean Higgins is senior editorial writer for The Washington Examiner. He was previously Washington correspondent for Investor's Business Daily. A Virginia native, he now lives in Arlington.

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  • Liberal group unveils ad targeting Senator Baucus for gun bill vote

    Sean Higgins

    Updated: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

      The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal nonprofit, has announced that it will be spending $100,000 on ads slamming the four Democrats who voted against the gun background check bill this week. Today they unveiled an ad (pictured above) against Montana Senator Max...

  • Teacher’s union head targets pension fund investors

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    The Wall Street Journal reports that American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten sought a private meeting with hedge fund investor Dan Loeb at a conference sponsored by the Council of Institutional Investors where she is a boardmember. Why? To talk about corporate governance....

  • Natural gas usage up, carbon emissions way down

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that carbon emissions in the US have fallen 12 percent since 2005, a sharp drop that has many energy policy experts surprised. The reason? The replacement of coal-fired electricity with power gained from natural gas. While natural gas is...

  • Labor nominee Thomas Perez breezes through Senate hearing

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Thomas Perez, the Justice Department’s top civil rights enforcer and the White House’s pick to be Labor Secretary, never broke a sweat during his hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Thursday morning. He had little need to, as the questioning rarely got...

  • Issa: Labor nominee Perez used private email account to leak nonpublic info

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter yesterday to Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez alleging that he has “committed at least 34 separate violations of the Federal Records Act.” The letter was emailed to reporters and...

  • Report: McConnell bugger met with liberal group and White House in December

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    Buzzfeed has the story: The head of a group accused of illegally taping private meetings of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign visited the White House days before the group’s twitter account began actively attacking the Kentucky Republican, according to White House visitors...

  • Congressional GOP report: Thomas Perez tried to cover up quid pro quo

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    The House Committee  on Oversight and Government Reform and the Judiciary Committees for both the House and Senate released a lengthy 68-page report on Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez this week. The report focuses on a highly unusual quid pro quo deal Perez struck with the city of St....

  • Rand Paul on Mitch McConnell: A 'colleague,' not a 'mentor'

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    At breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor this morning, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was asked if he regarded his state’s senior senator, Republican Mitch McConnell, as a “mentor.” It was kind of a trick question because the two clashed during the 2010 Kentucky Senate GOP primary....

  • Union: Immigration bill needs to be more liberal

    Sean Higgins

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    The Service Employees International Union, one of the nation’s largest labor groups, issued a statement today applauding the introduction of the Senate immigration but saying the bill needs to go even further. SEIU, whose membership is heavily Latino, has been a major advocate of comprehensive...

  • Roofers union calls for Obamacare’s repeal

    Sean Higgins

    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers is reportedly the first union to officially call for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The health care law is prompting some serious buyer’s remorse in Big Labor, which worked hard on behalf of the...


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