Tag: Jobs

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)

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)

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)

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)

John Boehner and GOP plan to focus on jobs

Byron York · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Fed reduced bond buys after seeing big job gains

Martin Crutsinger · January 8, 2014 9:53 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Benefits debate is first volley of election year

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 2:46 pm

Unemployment aid: What’s at stake for US economy

Josh Boak · January 8, 2014 5:01 am

Jimmetta Smith holds her resume while talking with Rhonda Knight, a senior recruiter for Delta airlines, at a job fair for veterans and family members in Marietta, Ga. (AP/David Goldman)

Survey: US companies add 238,000 jobs in December, most in year

Christopher Rugaber · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

With more people receiving unemployment benefits, and given the costs associated with working, employers have to pay more to attract the unemployed.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Extending benefits helps individuals but increases joblessness

Timothy P. Carney · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers his State of the Union addressÃÂ declared a "war on poverty"ÃÂ on Jan. 8, 1964. In background are Speaker John McCormack, left, and Sen. Carl Hayden. (AP Photo)

Examiner Editorial: New weapons are needed to win the war on poverty

Washington Examiner · January 7, 2014 5:00 am