President Obama Jobs Council Disbands

Dormant for more than a year, President Obama's Jobs Council today formally disbanded, as the White House signals a new phase in its engagement of business leaders on top economic and policy priorities. The nonpartisan advisory council of 25 private-sector business and labor leaders was first convened in February 2011. It has met just four times since then to generate ideas for boosting job growth, most recently at the White House last January. "It was a two-year charter" when the Council...Full Story