Sean Higgins

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Engineers oppose effort to expand high-tech visas

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 6:13 pm

Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., criticized President Trump Tuesday night for his record defending American workers. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democrat Bobby Scott disputes Trump on worker gains

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 4:27 am

"This is our new American moment," President Trump said during his State of the Union address. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Trump says companies returning to US, ‘where the action is’

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 3:09 am

"Since we passed tax cuts, roughly 3 million workers have already gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands of dollars per worker," the president said in his State of the Union address Tuesday, promising that more and more such bonuses would be coming in the near future. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP)

Trump touts worker bonuses resulting from tax reform

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 2:58 am

The federal gas tax has not been raised in 25 years, the last time being during President Bill Clinton's first year and only after a contentious congressional battle. (iStock)

Chamber of Commerce calls for raising gas tax 25 cents

Sean Higgins · January 30, 2018 11:03 pm

"Throughout my discussions with American job creators, they have conveyed a consistent message: They value clarity. The regulated public deserves to know how an agency interprets its regulations," U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta told the House Education and Workforce Committee in November. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Trump’s new boost for business revives practice lost under Obama

Sean Higgins · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

"At ExxonMobil, we plan to invest more than $50 billion over the next five years to expand our business in the United States. These investments are underpinned by the unique strengths of our company and enhanced by the historic tax reform recently signed into law," Chief Executive Office Darren Woods said. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan. File)

Exxon Mobil to spend $50 billion in US, citing Republican tax reform

Sean Higgins · January 29, 2018 8:20 pm

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers her statement to the media as United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer looks on during the sixth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer slams Canada at end of latest NAFTA talks

Sean Higgins · January 29, 2018 7:58 pm

Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, told the White House that pulling out of the North American Free Trade Agreement would introduce a "devastating increase in tariffs" for his state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urges White House to not change NAFTA

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2018 11:13 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, along with Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., are introducing a bill that would double the amount of H1-B visas handed out each year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bill from Orrin Hatch, Jeff Flake would more than double high-tech visas

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2018 10:44 pm

Randel K. Johnson, the Chamber of Commerce's former top immigration and labor policy official, is heading to management-side law firm Seyfarth Shaw. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Chamber of Commerce’s former top immigration official joins lobbying firm

Sean Higgins · January 25, 2018 7:22 pm

The talks have not gone well for the U.S., Canadian, and Mexican officials negotiating the NAFTA free trade deal. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Democrats slam Mexico on labor rights, urge tough NAFTA stance

Sean Higgins · January 25, 2018 12:24 am