Unemployment

Beltway Confidential

What if you could restore veterans’ pensions, fund jobless benefits and stop illegal immigrant fraud, all at once? Democrats would block it

Byron York -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada, shown here in 2011, is a co-sponsor of the Senate unemployment extension bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Economy

GOP sees political opportunity rather than risk in opposing jobless benefits

David M. Drucker -

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

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Monday delayed a key procedural vote on legislation to extend unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans as Democrats and Republicans continued negotiations on a bipartisan accord. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Beltway Confidential

Republican frustration with Harry Reid’s iron hand in the Senate boils over

Charles Hoskinson -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

VIDEO: John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi dig in on unemployment benefits

Washington Examiner -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, makes the case for extending unemployment insurance benefits, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Politics

Talks to extend unemployment benefits break down amid partisan bickering in Senate

David M. Drucker -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

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)

News

Benefits debate is first volley of election year

Jim Kuhnhenn -

January 8, 2014 2:46 pm

Economy

Unemployment aid: What’s at stake for US economy

Josh Boak -

January 8, 2014 5:01 am

Audience members hold signs during a Democratic Party news conference about extending unemployment insurance benefits, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Columnists

The Democrats’ feckless attacks on income inequality

Michael Barone -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Frozen in unemployment

Washington Examiner -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Unemployment

What if you could restore veterans’ pensions, fund jobless benefits and stop illegal immigrant fraud, all at once? Democrats would block it

GOP sees political opportunity rather than risk in opposing jobless benefits

John Boehner and GOP plan to focus on jobs

Republican frustration with Harry Reid’s iron hand in the Senate boils over

VIDEO: John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi dig in on unemployment benefits

Talks to extend unemployment benefits break down amid partisan bickering in Senate

Benefits debate is first volley of election year

Unemployment aid: What’s at stake for US economy

The Democrats’ feckless attacks on income inequality

Editorial cartoon: Frozen in unemployment

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