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Think Broader on Jobs Tax Credit

Eric Garcetti | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles

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Eric Garcetti

Though the recent plunge in national unemployment statistics was heartening, big problems remain in some parts of the country. Nowhere is that more true than Los Angeles.

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The President's Jobs Initiative Doesn't Measure Up

Robert Reich | Posted 12.09.2009 | Business

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Robert Reich

There is no reason to tolerate this degree of misery. We know exactly what to do. The government has the fiscal tools to do it. Start by bailing out state and local governments and spending on infrastructure.

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Dan Froomkin

Obama Fails To Move The Needle With His Jobs Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Here's the key takeaway from President Obama's jobs talk on Monday: It's too little, too late. Obama proposed an unspecified amount of new spending o...

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Obama Jobs Speech: Help For Small Businesses, Transportation, Energy-Efficient Homes

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the w...

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Obama Blindsided By Good Job Numbers

NY Daily News | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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The conspiracy theorists will hate this one: the White House was so caught off guard by the improving employment data released today that President Ob...

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Ryan Grim

Obama Says Recovery Efforts Come Before Deficit Reduction

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama on Thursday disputed the notion that he is overly concerned about the budget deficit -- and as a result, is under-reacting to t...

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GOP Obama Pen Pal Goes To Jobs Summit

The Orange County Register | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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Joni O'Neill was in her Mission Viejo flower shop late one night, watching the news, when she saw a story critical of President Barack Obama. She s...

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Obama In Allentown, Pa. To Discuss Jobs, Economy

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses Friday, President Barack Obama put finishing touches on a proposal he'll unveil next week t...

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Krugman: Obama Intimidated By Wall Street Scare Stories

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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A funny thing happened on the way to a new New Deal. A year ago, the only thing we had to fear was fear itself; today, the reigning doctrine in Washin...

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Sam Stein

Peter DeFazio, Dem Rep.: It's 'Pretty Embarrassing' That Dems Now Identified With Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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One of the loudest populist voices in the Democratic Caucus predicted on Thursday that the party may have to forcefully challenge the White House on e...

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Obama Faces Showdowns On Health Care, Afghanistan, Jobs

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Wash...

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N.A.A.C.P. Prods Obama On Job Losses: Stimulus Not Enough

The New York Times | Steven Greenhouse | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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With unemployment among blacks at more than 15 percent, the N.A.A.C.P. will join several other groups on Tuesday to call on President Obama to do more...

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Obama Jobs Summit: President Holding December 'Forum On Jobs'

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he'll host a White House summit next month on fighting the chronic joblessness that ...

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How The Government Is Swallowing The Economy: U.S. News

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

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You know about the bailouts, the stimulus plan, cash for clunkers, and moola for mansions. But for all the anxiety they've caused, those government gi...

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Obama Job-Creation Efforts Not So Direct

Washington Post | Alec MacGillis | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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To hear President Obama tell it, he's been busy creating jobs since taking office. The $787 billion stimulus package, he said last winter, would "save...

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Dan Froomkin

Washington Doesn't Get It: We Need More Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

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Nowhere is the massive disconnect between Washington D.C. and the rest of the country more striking than when it comes to the issue of jobs. Inside ...

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Sam Stein

Boehner Video Stars "Job-Sniffing Bloodhound" To Whack Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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The loss of 467,000 jobs in June, driving the national unemployment rate to 9.5 percent, is unwelcome news for the Obama administration, which has spe...

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Obama's Stimulus Promise: More Than 600,000 Jobs

AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured the nation his recovery plan was on track Monday, scrambling to calm Americans unnerved by unemploym...

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What the Heck is a Green Job?

Donnie Fowler | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green

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Donnie Fowler

Green jobs can reduce unemployment and poverty, increase job long-term security, provide new sources of income and investment for our economy and combat climate change.

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Obama Still Has Hundreds Of Important Jobs To Fill

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama doesn't have time for a victory lap now that his Cabinet is finally largely in place. One level down, he fa...

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Sam Stein

Obama Touts Main Street Success As Wall Street Plunges

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration hosted an event at the Department of Transportation on Tuesday to mark the first case of stimulus money creating infrastructu...

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Sam Stein

Obama: Judge Me On The Jobs I Create

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Much of the focus of the just completed Obama press conference is going to center on his answer to the obligatory Rod Blagojevich question -- the pres...

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Obama's Fighter Jet Decision Represents Clash Of Two Goals

New York Times | CHRISTOPHER DREW | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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Two of President-elect Barack Obama's stated goals -- cutting wasteful spending and saving or creating millions of jobs -- are on a collision course i...

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Green Jobs and Biofuels

Bob Dinneen | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

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Bob Dinneen

One of President-elect Obama's key objectives early in his administration is to create 2.5 million jobs through investment in green technologies.

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290,000 Resumes Sent To Obama Transition Team

LA Times | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

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Reporting from Washington -- One member of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team measures meetings by the number of resumes arriving on his B...

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