Jobless Benefits

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January 24, 2011
VIDEO - New claims for jobless benefits declined by 37,000, this was the biggest drop since February 2009...
January 17, 2011
VIDEO - Small businesses were a little less optimistic about future business conditions in December, ending four months of gains...
December 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "It's a good deal for the American people; this is progress and that's what they sent us…
December 16, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Factories are producing more, shoppers are spending more and business executives and consumers are more optimistic...
December 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama negotiated the package with Senate Republicans and then worked for days to persuade Democrats to support…
December 8, 2010
OPINION - Depending on your point of view, the tax plan is either the best the public could have expected…
December 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Any deal would require the approval of the House and Senate, and the president's signature...
December 2, 2010
OPINION - Facing the holidays without a job is bad enough; but to face them without any income can be…
November 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fewer people in the U.S. applied for unemployment aid last week, the third drop in four weeks…
October 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week than in any week since July, a hopeful sign…
September 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even with latest decline, new filing for jobless benefits are still much higher than they would be…
July 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who…
July 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 272-152 House vote Thursday will send the measure to President Barack Obama, who has promised to…
July 22, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - At issue are jobless payments averaging $309 a week for almost 5 million people whose 26 weeks…
July 21, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats broke a GOP filibuster safely and set the stage for a vote Wednesday on legislation…
July 20, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The vote was a modest victory for Obama and Democrats, whose more ambitious hopes for a jobs…
July 20, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The measure is expected to pass later Tuesday. The House would take it up Wednesday and then…
July 20, 2010
OPINION - Either these politicians in Congress do not understand the depths of people's pain, or they simply don't care...
July 19, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama took aim at Republican lawmakers Monday, accusing them of holding the public hostage to…
July 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 2 million workers who have been laid off for long stretches could get their unemployment…