Tag: Unemployment

Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. (AP/Jim Weber)

Weekly US unemployment benefit claims fall to 339,000

Christopher Rugaber · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

White House economist Gene Sperling says restoring the benefits would lead to the creation of 200,000 jobs and economic growth. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House calls for passage of jobless benefits

Washington Examiner · January 2, 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)

Time to change strategy in the ‘war on poverty’

Cal Thomas · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

Job seekers check out companies at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. (AP/Alan Diaz)

Don’t extend unemployment benefits

David Freddoso · January 2, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. labor markets continued to show resilience in November, adding 203,000 jobs as the unemployment rate fell from 7.3 percent to 7.0 percent. (AP Photo)

White House: Jobless benefits should be ‘first new legislation’ of 2014

Meghashyam Mali · January 1, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, center, promises a vote no later than Jan. 7 on a measure to extend jobless benefits for three months. He said the number of jobless people out of work for more than six months is far greater than in past economic recoveries. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid: Senate to vote on extending jobless benefits

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2013 5:00 am

Just 1 of 31 Bloomberg News watch groups confident in economy

Paul Bedard · December 30, 2013 5:00 am

Richard Mattos, 59, looks for jobs at a state-run employment center in Salem, Ore., on Thursday, Dec. 26. Mattos is one of more than 1 million Americans who will lose federal unemployment benefits at year's end. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

High stakes for US families losing jobless benefit

Washington Examiner · December 29, 2013 5:00 am

National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling said that "it is the responsibility of Congress to decide how long or how often" they want to raise the debt ceiling. (AP Photo)

White House presses Congress to extend unemployment benefits for three months

Brian Hughes · December 27, 2013 5:00 am

Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair held by the Miami Marlins, at Marlins Park in Miami, on Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, FIle)

Senators propose three-month extension of expiring unemployment benefits

Sean Lengell · December 27, 2013 5:00 am

A long line of job seekers wait outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week on Dec. 26. (AP/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

Weekly US jobless claims drop 42,000 to 338,000

Associated Press · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

Some 15 percent of Democrats hit president Obama's failure to work with Republicans like House Speaker John Boehner. AP Photo

Gallup: 25% of Dems call Obamacare president’s ‘biggest failure’

Paul Bedard · December 24, 2013 5:00 am