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November 10, 2011

Senate approves jobs benefits for veterans

WASHINGTON (AP) - A united Senate emphatically approved legislation Thursday intended to help unemployed veterans and companies doing business with…
November 9, 2011

Obama seeks ideas on reducing black joblessness

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama acknowledged on Wednesday that black Americans have faced 'enormous challenges' with unemployment under his…
November 9, 2011

Obama to black leaders: 'We have to stay unified'

theGRIO REPORT - More than 100 community leaders gathered at the White House Executive Office Building Wednesday for an African-American…
October 19, 2011

Barack and Michelle Obama team up to finish jobs tour

NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) - Michelle Obama's appearance on her husband's driving tour through North Carolina and Virginia, two politically…
October 18, 2011

Obama looks to South in bid to help keep his job

JAMESTOWN, N.C. (AP) - Obama's Southern strategy is at the heart of the president's three-day bus trip this week through…
October 17, 2011

Obama seeks action on jobs bill pieces this week

WASHINGTON (AP) - The two-state swing, which kicks off Monday in Asheville, N.C., is Obama's latest attempt to combine campaigning…
October 14, 2011

Can Obama bypass Congress to create jobs?

OPINION - By facing GOP obstinacy with equal force, he can re-engineer the broken political machine and make it work…
October 12, 2011

Lawmakers, White House regroup on jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after Senate Republicans killed his $447 billion jobs bill, President Barack Obama said he isn't…
October 11, 2011

Senate Republicans defeat Obama's jobs bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package President Obama had spent weeks campaigning for…
October 11, 2011

Obama says he's ready to move jobs bill in pieces

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said Tuesday he's prepared to break his jobs bill into pieces and try to move…
October 11, 2011

Senate Republicans likely to kill Obama jobs bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's jobs bill, facing a critical test in the Senate, it appears likely to die…
October 6, 2011

Defiant Obama challenges GOP on jobs bill

NEW YORK (AP) - Giving a bit of ground on his own plan, he endorsed a new proposal by Senate…
October 5, 2011

Senate Democrats rewrite Obama's jobs bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats are rewriting portions of President Barack Obama's jobs bill to include a new 5 percent…
October 4, 2011

Obama knocks GOP leader, says GOP blocks jobs vote

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) - First he singled out House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell...
October 4, 2011

The American Jobs Act: A win for every community

OPINION - It is time to work with the president in finding solutions that will put Americans back to work…
October 3, 2011

Obama: Congress should vote on jobs bill in October

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama demanded Monday that Congress vote on his jobs legislation package this month despite signs…
September 26, 2011

Obama to 'address black America' on BET

theGRIO VIDEO - The president, who is touring the country promoting his American Jobs Act proposal, discusses the impact the…
September 25, 2011

Obama says Republicans would 'cripple' US

SEATTLE (AP) - President Barack Obama took his newly combative message to the liberal West Coast on Sunday, aiming to…
September 25, 2011

Obama tells Black Caucus 'stop complaining' and fight

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama called on the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and…
September 20, 2011

Mayors urge passage of Obama's jobs plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Six Democratic mayors were joined by a Republican mayor in urging President Barack Obama and Congress to…