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Obama Wants To See 'Common Sense' From Congress

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

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ARLINGTON, Va., May 4 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would urge Congress next week to implement "common sense ...

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The Importance of JOBS

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 04.05.2012

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The JOBS act helps more people, entrepreneurs and investors, find more opportunity. That, more than bailouts, is the wise role for government to play in the shift from an industrial to a digital economy.

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Why Congress's Latest Jobs Effort Falls Flat

ProPublica | Posted 03.14.2012

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Finally, the House passed a jobs bill last week. And what a bill it is! ...

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The Democrats' Jobs Dilemma: Celebration vs. Call to Action

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.11.2012

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The fastest growing category of employment is in temp work, followed by health care and "leisure" -- which is described as consisting primarily of "food service and drinking places." If it's "morning again in America," at least we know somebody's been hired to pour the coffee.

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Election Year Follies: The Disingenuous Jobs Debate

Scott Bittle | Posted 04.13.2012

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We're being treated to a morass of slogans and glib promises. Given how crucial this issue is to most Americans, the electorate deserves a lot better. Here's a modest proposal for a franker, productive debate.

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Is Obama Creating More Summer Jobs For Teens?

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is looking to boost summer job prospects for kids. The White House says that with help from the private sector i...

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'Millionaire Job Creators Are Like Unicorns'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.12.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) compared millionaires who create jobs to unicorns Monday on the Senate floor. "Millionaire job creators ...

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Obama: Economic Fix Could Take Years

Posted 12.10.2011

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Washington, December 9 (Reuters/Richard Cowan) - Despite some recent signs the sluggish U.S. economy might be improving, President Barack Obama wa...

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Dems Drop Key Part Of Obama Jobs Plan

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.04.2012

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama accepted a move by Senate Democrats to scale back his Social Security payroll tax cut extension on Monday, t...

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Focus Turns To House After Senate Defeats Crucial Expiring Provision

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.01.2012

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WASHINGTON — Courting disaffected conservatives, House Republican leaders offered Friday to overturn a pair of Obama administration environmenta...

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Shared Responsibility for Job Creation

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 01.22.2012

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If Congress is going to remain at a gridlock, all Americans must come together to help change the economic climate in this country before all hope is lost.

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Obama To Face Disappointed Voters In Key State

AP | STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 01.21.2012

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Barack Obama will visit a changed New Hampshire on Tuesday. The independent-minded presidential swing state he won...

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Deregulation Won't Lead To Job Growth: Congressional Budget Office

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.17.2011

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The country needs jobs, but cutting back on government regulations may not the best way to get them. Deregulation -- a favorite talking point of c...

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Who Else Is Mad As Hell?

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 01.16.2012

What America stands for is now being threatened. Right now the Occupy protesters are leading the moral struggle on behalf of the 99 percent in our country.

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Congress Set To Reach Rare Agreement On Unemployed Vets Bill

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.16.2012

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WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans rallied on a rare patch of common ground Wednesday and Congress approved legislation helping government c...

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American Corporations Owe Nothing to American Workers, and That's a Big Part of the Problem.

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 01.14.2012

In last Wednesday's CNBC-sponsored "Your Money, Your Vote" Republican Presidential Debate, an intriguing question was posed that goes to the heart of the issue "to what extent should America be willing to rely on the private sector for our economic recovery?"

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The Daily Szep -- Obama Jobs Bill

Paul Szep | Posted 01.07.2012

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Infrastructure Blues

Edward Flattau | Posted 01.05.2012

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Republicans maintain that the states and private companies could more effectively rehabilitate infrastructure than could Obama's proposed Federal Infrastructure Bank. But the GOP argument is a red herring.

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Biden: GOP Should 'Stop Worrying About Their Jobs And Start Worrying About Yours'

AP | By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden says the White House will keep acting on its own to find ways to help the economy if congressional Republicans ...

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Senate GOP Blocks Obama Infrastructure Plan

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON — Republicans in the Senate Thursday dealt President Barack Obama the third in a string of defeats on his stimulus-style jobs agenda,...

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Obama Mocks Congress For Vote

Posted 01.02.2012

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President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to move on the transportation funding portion of his jobs bill Wednesday, while simultaneously mocking them for...

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Good For Business: Getting Americans Back To Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 01.01.2012

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What explains the silence from most of the business world on the need to get serious about creating millions of jobs? In what passes for the natio...

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Harry Reid Channels Occupy Wall Street In GOP Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid leveled a blistering attack at Republicans Tuesday that echoed the message of Occupy Wall Street, sayi...

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Why No Action on Jobs?

Jared Bernstein | Posted 12.30.2011

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Why do politicians refuse to take the necessary fiscal steps to dislodge the unemployment rate from its elevated perch of 9.1%? Why, to the contrary, do they seem if anything intent on austerity measure that will push it in the wrong direction?

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Key Group Throws Support Behind New Obama Medicare Plan

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 12.28.2011

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WASHINGTON — An influential medical group's change of heart is boosting President Barack Obama's plan to use Medicare to promote higher quality,...

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