Posts Tagged ‘ Economic Growth ’

Jobs Report Puts Pressure On GOP

January 6, 2012 7:48 pm
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Jobs Report Puts Pressure On GOP

The federal government’s report that the nation added 200,000 last month only puts fresh pressure on congressional Republicans to do more to help the struggling U.S. economy, and struggling jobless Americans in particular, according to many both in and out of the Obama administration. The Labor Department released employment data Friday, which also found the national unemployment rate dropped to 8.5 percent, its lowest level in three years. Despite the hope that the news represents, it also points out...

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Union Chief Blasts House GOP for Vote on Unemployment Insurance

December 14, 2011 3:38 pm
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Calling them “callous,” a prominent labor leader denounced House Republicans for their approach to extending unemployment benefits to jobless Americans. The GOP-led House voted Tuesday to extend emergency unemployment insurance beyond the end of the year for Americans, but only after also cutting and restricting the benefits. “It’s bad enough that Republicans blocked bills to create jobs, but now they cut unemployment benefits for people who can’t find work,” says Jim Hoffa, general president of the Teamsters labor union....

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