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Fiscal Affairs: "JOBS" Disaster Looms

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.21.2012

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The Senate will vote today on whether to adopt the main provisions of the House bill. Passing this bill would be a major public policy mistake -- akin to the disastrous (and bipartisan) deregulation of the financial sector in the 1990s.

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Super Committee's Failure Means Lost Avenue For Obama's Jobs Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The so-called super committee announced Monday that it failed to deliver on its task: producing a plan that shaves trillions of dollars ...

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Obama Urges Congress To Pass Jobs Bill For Veterans

AP | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 01.12.2012

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CORONADO, Calif. -- President Barack Obama says veterans of conflicts overseas should not struggle to find work once they return home, and he's urging...

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Obama Demands That Congress Approve His Jobs Bill

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.01.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and congressional Republicans just can't agree on the best prescription for the economy, with President Barack Oba...

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U.S. Mayors Frustrated With Gridlock On Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) is traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to meet with congressional leaders and let them k...

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Obama Takes Jobs Bill Pitch To North Carolina

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.14.2011

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RALEIGH, N.C. — President Barack Obama urged enthusiastic college students Wednesday to join him in his fight to get Congress to act on his new ...

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Obama Sending Jobs Bill To Congress

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 11.12.2011

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WASHINGTON — In a sharp challenge to the GOP, President Barack Obama proposed paying for his costly new jobs plan Monday with tax hikes that Rep...

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'The President Is Coming At Our Invitation'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that his Republican colleagues "ought to be respectful" and attend President Barack Ob...

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THEY'RE BACK: Congress Returns, Prepares To Fight Over Key Issues

AP | By JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress spent August listening to constituents describe their economic struggles. This week, the lawmakers return to Washing...

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Unpopular Congress Gears Up For Fall Fights

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 11.03.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns to work this coming week, divided over measures to create jobs and scorned by the nation it was elected to help l...

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Maxine Waters: 'The Tea Party Can Go Straight To Hell'

Posted 10.21.2011

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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had some harsh words for the Tea Party at a forum in Inglewood, California Saturday. With California's jobless rate n...

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Obama To Give Major Speech On Jobs

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 10.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Under fire in a nation desperate for jobs, President Barack Obama will soon announce a broad package of tax cuts, construction work...

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Obama's Jobs Agenda For Congress: Does It Actually Create Jobs?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 10.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It's become almost daily practice for President Barack Obama to point out the four things he says Congress can pass now to create jobs "...

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Congress' Top Priorities When It Returns

AP | By JIM ABRAMS | Posted 10.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When Congress gets back to work after Labor Day it will have the chance to achieve something that has largely eluded it for the entire y...

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America's Agenda Is Jobs

Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay | Posted 10.04.2011

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In everything that we do, we need to remember the dignity of work. Nothing is more important than being able to look in the mirror and know that you can take care of your family. That's what we all should be fighting for.

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Obama Warns Of 'Massive Layoffs Of Teachers, Police, And Firefighters'

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- If Chuck Lacasse had gotten his pink slip four days earlier, Uncle Sam would have covered most of his family's health insurance whi...

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