Jobs - Washington Examiner

Under Obama, the government has focused on making joblessness less painful. It's been sending checks -- through Medicaid, unemployment insurance and disability payments -- and congratulating itself on its compassion.ÃÂ Republicans should be focused on policies that will put people back to work instead. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Columnists

Government should focus on jobs, not Obama’s worries about income inequality

Mona Charen -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Job growth ‘nowhere near robust enough,’ AFL-CIO says

Sean Higgins -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

Weak jobs report shows unemployment rate dipping below 7 percent for first time in Obama presidency as workers leave labor force

Joseph Lawler -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Washington Secrets

Wall Street analyst: Fed jumped the gun

Paul Bedard -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Economy

Economic outlook rosier than 2013, but concerns remain about overheated markets, Iran

Joseph Lawler -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., meets with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

Jobless bill stalls in Senate

David Espo -

January 9, 2014 11:55 pm

CNN's Candy Crowley seems absolutely, positively astonished that Republicans could oppose raising the minimum wage and extending unemployment benefits. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Columnists

CNN’s Candy Crowley: Why would the out-of-work vote Republican?

Larry Elder -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Gipson, right, has his resume looked over by Ralph Brown, a management and program analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a job fair. (AP/David Goldman)

Economy

Jobless claims fall ahead of Friday jobs report

Joseph Lawler -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Audience members hold signs appealing for jobs as they attend a Democratic news conference about extendingÃÂ unemploymentÃÂ insurance benefits on Wednesday in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Time to make unemployment benefits a permanent entitlement?

Mark Tapscott -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

When it comes to the public's concerns, House Speaker John Boehner appears determined to remember that the big question in 2014 is the same as it was in 2009 and 2010 and 2011 and 2012 and 2013: Where are the jobs? (Photo: Thinkstock)

Columnists

John Boehner and GOP plan to focus on jobs

Byron York -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Jobs

Government should focus on jobs, not Obama’s worries about income inequality

Job growth ‘nowhere near robust enough,’ AFL-CIO says

Weak jobs report shows unemployment rate dipping below 7 percent for first time in Obama presidency as workers leave labor force

Wall Street analyst: Fed jumped the gun

Economic outlook rosier than 2013, but concerns remain about overheated markets, Iran

Jobless bill stalls in Senate

CNN’s Candy Crowley: Why would the out-of-work vote Republican?

Jobless claims fall ahead of Friday jobs report

Time to make unemployment benefits a permanent entitlement?

John Boehner and GOP plan to focus on jobs

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