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The Senate on Tuesday moved forward on legislation to extend federal unemployment benefits despite Republicans insisting on finding a way to pay the $6.4 billion price tag. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Senate clears procedural hurdle to begin debate on extending federal jobless benefits

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President Obama gets back to work this week eager to test whether a modest budget deal passed in the waning days of 2013 can spark bipartisan momentum on Capitol Hill. As he opens his sixth year in office, he also faces legacy-defining decisions on the future of government surveillance programs and the American-led war in Afghanistan. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
Healthcare

Obama eyes modest momentum on Capitol Hill in 2014

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As long as government policy retards job creation, unemployment compensation only provides an expensive delay of the difficult decisions that await those currently out of work. (AP File)
Economy

Examiner Editorial: Extending jobless benefits encourages more unemployment

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Sen. Kay Hagan wants North Carolina to rejoin the rest of the states whose long-term unemployed residents could again benefit from emergency unemployment benefits should Congress restore them nationwide in the new year. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

North Carolina Democrats want long-term jobless aid revived

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On Monday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Janet Yellen, the current Federal Reserve vice chairwoman, to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
Economy

The week ahead in economics: The gender pay gap, Janet Yellen, unemployment benefits and jobs

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President Barack Obama, right, hugs his daughter Sasha as they and Malia, left, return to the White House from their fifteen-day family vacation in Hawaii, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. First lady Michelle Obama stayed behind in Hawaii as a birthday present from her husband. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Economy

White House week ahead: Vacation over, Obama tries to hit reset button

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told CBS that

Harry Reid: Republicans shouldn’t block unemployment insurance extension

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Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., indicated that he was not necessarily opposed to extending jobless benefits, but said that unemployment insurance needed reform. (AP File)
Economy

Scott Walker: Unemployment benefits, minimum wage push because Obama ‘desperately’ wants to avoid Obamacare

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Gene Sperling, the director of President Obama's National Economic Council, pushed for Congress to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation for three months. (AP File)
Economy

Obama adviser Gene Sperling pushes for unemployment benefits extension without offsets

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The president voiced support for an emergency three-month extension measure set to hit the Senate floor next week. The bipartisan bill was crafted by Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Dean Heller, R-Nev., and would extend benefits through March.
Economy

Obama: Make jobless benefits ‘first order of business’

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