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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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Richard Mattos, 59, looks for jobs at a state-run employment center in Salem, Ore., on Dec. 26. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)
Politics

Obama to meet with those who lost unemployment benefits

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, joined Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., talks to reporters about a measure to extend jobless benefits, at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 19. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Democrats: Expiration of jobless benefits is an emergency like Hurricane Sandy

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On a Fox News panel earlier this week, Charles Krauthammer floated a proposal for a two-tiered minimum wage system in which the rate would be raised for individuals who are the breadwinners of their families and remain the same for others. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Beltway Confidential

Charles Krauthammer’s minimum wage proposal is a terrible idea

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

Weekly US unemployment benefit claims fall to 339,000

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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

White House calls for passage of jobless benefits

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President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers his State of the Union address declared a
Columnists

Time to change strategy in the ‘war on poverty’

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

Don’t extend unemployment benefits

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