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Republican Leaders Quietly Support Unemployment Reauthorization

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- For the second year in a row, Congress must decide during the holiday season whether to renew federal jobless benefits for people out of...

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University Of Iowa Assistant Professor Resigns Following Assault Conviction

Posted 05.25.2011

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University of Iowa assistant professor Toshiki Itoh resigned from his post after a two-and-a-half year stint on paid leave -- which was prompted by ac...

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Iowa Athlete Arrested In Champagne Bottle Attack

Posted 05.25.2011

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University of Iowa senior and high jumper for the track and field team Graham C. Valdes, 22, was charged with assault causing bodily injury after he a...

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University Of Iowa Professor May Get Fired For Sending 'Prejudiced' E-mails

Posted 05.25.2011

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University of Iowa professor Malik Juweid faces losing his tenure after sending at least 27 e-mails this year subjecting colleagues to "personal vilif...

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Works Progress Administration II

Bevis Longstreth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Unemployment, Roosevelt Unemployment, Works Progress Administration Ii, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Insurance, Works Progress Administration, Jobs, Ui, American Recovr, Politics News

The labor crisis we face today is every bit as threatening to worker spirit and morale as the one that confronted Roosevelt when he took office. UI is not enough. The president must press Congress for WPA II.

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Republicans Have Forsaken Any Claim to "Fiscal Responsibility"

Richard Trumka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Unemployment Insurance, Tax Cuts, Jobless, Afl-Cio, Ui, Union, Politics News

While desperately poor families are forgoing Christmas this year Republicans fought tooth-and-nail for a gilded gift basket of income tax cuts worth $120 billion for America's super-rich.

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Weekly Audit: Tax Cuts for the Rich Extended

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weekly Audit: Tax Cuts for the Rich ExtendedBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger Congressional Republicans and the White House struck an ...

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Is That a Green Bean in the Napkin?

Donna Norton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Cuts, Unemployed, Tax Cuts for Rich, Bush Tax Cuts, Unemployment Insurance, UI Program, Unemployment Benefits, Ui, Politics News

Moms are good at sniffing out trickery. So when some of our leaders tell us they can afford to extend tax cuts for the rich, but can't afford to continue unemployment benefits for millions of families, we're a bit suspicious.

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Weekly Audit: Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment Benefits

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Weekly Audit: Millions of Americans Could Lose Unemployment BenefitsEditor's Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we aren't ...

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The Unemployed Thrown Under the Bus

Karen Dolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment Benefits, Gop, Jobs, Ui, Federal Deficit, Safety Net, Recession, Politics News

Unemployed Become a Political Football GOP hysteria throws goodness, and American families, under the bus. (cross posted to OtherWords) --------------...

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Twenty One Days Since Congress Allowed Extended Unemployment Benefits To Lapse

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Unemployment Extension 2010, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment Insurance, Ui, Extended Benefits, Recession, Politics News

Congress has had a hard time lately finding the will to help the poor, the old and the jobless. It's been a full three weeks since lawmakers failed ...

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Stimulus Shifts To Reverse -- Where Is The Congress?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Cobra, Unemployment, Jobs, Ui, Stimulus, Health Care, Politics News

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture. I am a Fellow with CAF. The stimulus is running ou...

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200,000 To Lose Unemployment Benefits This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 200,000 laid-off workers will prematurely lose their unemployment benefits this week thanks to Kentucky Republican Sen. Jim Bunning's surly ...

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Jim Bunning Repeatedly Blocks Unemployment Benefits Extension, Tells Dem 'Tough Shit'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Republicans, Cobra, Unemployment Benefits, Jim Bunning, Ui, Extended Benefits, Video, Politics News

Updated below: The Senate has now recessed for the weekend without taking action. Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blockin...

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