Category Archives: Unemployment

Payroll tax cut OK’d by Congress, signed by Obama

By doris | Published: December 24, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Shortly after Congress approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions, President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill formalizing the extension and won a convincing victory for his jobs agenda.  The voices of Americans “made a difference” in persuading [...]

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Deal made to avoid government shutdown

By doris | Published: December 16, 2011

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown. They also worked toward a deal renewing the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for another year but prepared a shorter version as a fallback. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters [...]

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Senate GOP leader predicts a payroll tax deal

By doris | Published: December 12, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Congress will agree to extend the payroll tax cut before it expires at the end of the year, two leading conservative Senate Republicans said Sunday. The comments demonstrated the GOP shift on a proposal originally opposed by Republican leaders, even as each side continues trying to persuade the [...]

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Senate Democrats offer veterans jobs bill, without millionaire’s surtax

By doris | Published: November 6, 2011

Full Story at Senate CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats proposed Friday tax incentives for businesses hiring veterans as well as job training for all service members leaving the military. The measure was unveiled as the next piece in President Obama’s jobs bill and as a remedy to unemployment among veterans. “It would basically make [...]

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Obama tells blacks to ‘stop complainin’ and fight

By doris | Published: September 25, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — In a fiery summons to an important voting block, President Barack Obama told blacks on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and “put on your marching shoes” to follow him into battle for jobs and opportunity. And though he didn’t say it directly, for a second term, too. Obama’s [...]

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CNN Poll: 8 in 10 think we’re in a recession

By james | Published: September 4, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogsCNN.com Washington (CNN) – Economic fears are not diminishing. More than eight in 10 Americans think the economy is in another recession, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. One-third of those surveyed think it’s serious. While the country isn’t technically in a recession because the economy hasn’t experienced two straight quarters of [...]

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Parts of Obama jobs package coming into focus

By doris | Published: August 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts — President Barack Obama is finalizing a jobs package that could include a program to refurbish school buildings nationwide and tax breaks to encourage firms to hire workers. The package, to be unveiled in early September, is Obama’s chance to convince skeptical voters he can bring down the [...]

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Government job cuts hurt cities

By doris | Published: June 27, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Metro economies struggling the most to recover from the Great Recession typically lost government jobs, a new Brookings Institution report found. Fourteen of the 20 metro areas that have performed the worst since the start of the nation’s economic troubles lost government jobs, according to the report, [...]

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Obama forecasts manufacturing comeback

By doris | Published: June 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Pittsburgh (CNN) — President Barack Obama — whose poll numbers have dipped in recent weeks amid a stubbornly sluggish economic recovery — touted the hard-hit manufacturing sector Friday, saying the country’s best production days may well lie ahead. “We are inventors, we are makers, and we are doers. If we want [...]

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Unemployment Benefits Cut in South Carolina

By doris | Published: June 24, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed into law this week legislation reducing the total number of weeks jobless workers eligible for regular unemployment benefits could receive said benefits. The customary number, one used until recently across the United States, was 26 weeks. Under the newly passed legislation, according to The State, [...]

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Wis. governor warns unions of mass layoffs

By doris | Published: March 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Friday formally notified state unions that he intends to lay off 1,500 workers, but affected employees may not see the notice for at least two weeks. Walker’s spokesman, Chris Schrimpf, said that the unions have been notified and more details will come soon. [...]

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CNN Poll: Economy still top priority

By doris | Published: January 25, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.cnn.com Washington (CNN) – What do Americans want President Obama and Congress to concentrate on in the coming year? According to a new national poll, a majority of Americans rate four issues – the economy, unemployment, health care, and the budget deficit – as “extremely important,” with the economy topping the list [...]

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