President Obama Jobs Plan

How Can You Help the Unemployed? Support the Companies That Hire Them

Wendy N. Powell | Posted 12.23.2011

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The unemployment rate is holding firm; companies continue their refusal to hire the unemployed. We wonder what more a nation of desperate job seekers ...

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Obama On Jobs Bill: 'We Will Not Take No For An Answer'

AP | By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 12.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A day after Senate Republicans blocked action on his much-touted jobs bill, President Barack Obama said he isn't taking no for an answer...

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Jennifer Bendery

Obama Jobs Plan Voted Down By Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate rejected President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs bill on Tuesday night, a move that was expected and clears the way for th...

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Obama Keeps Up His Jobs Bill Offensive

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON — He deployed hand chops, finger wags, furrowed brows. He was sarcastic, demanding, partisan. "I'm not going to cave to the competit...

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Obama Taking Jobs Bill Pitch To Perry Turf

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 12.04.2011

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MESQUITE, Texas -- President Barack Obama is naming names. First he singled out House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConne...

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The DOE's Solar Decathlon Prepares Graduates for Green Jobs

Susanna Murley | Posted 11.13.2011

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Embracing our "Sputnik moment" is what twenty college teams from around the world are doing as they compete in this year's Solar Decathlon. They are bringing some of the most innovative designs and technology to make super-efficient solar homes of the future.

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Biggest Job Cuts Announcements Of 2011

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.12.2011

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As companies closing shop or cutting costs stoke recession fears, the return of mass layoffs may be the U.S. economy's greatest concern. On the sam...

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How President Obama Has Changed His Tack

New Yorker | John Cassidy | Posted 11.12.2011

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A few hours before President Obama presented his new job-creation plan to Congress last week, Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, made ...

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Paul Krugman: 50 Percent Chance Global Economy Will Enter Recession

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.09.2011

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Even though Obama's jobs plan is "bolder and better" than Paul Krugman expected, the Nobel-Prize winning economist still told Bloomberg Television on ...

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Will Obama Control the Jobs Message?

Bob Burnett | Posted 11.09.2011

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Thursday night Obama laid out a comprehensive jobs plan. But Americans know that it will meet dogmatic resistance from congressional Republicans. The question is whether the president can battle with them over a protracted period and prevail.

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Paul Krugman: Obama Jobs Plan 'Bolder And Better Than I Expected'

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 11.09.2011

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First things first: I was favorably surprised by the new Obama jobs plan, which is significantly bolder and better than I expected. It’s not nearly ...

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America Must Create The Right Kind Of Jobs

New York Times | Paul Osterman | Posted 11.06.2011

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ON Thursday, President Obama will deliver a major speech on America’s employment crisis. But too often, what is lost in the call for job creation is...

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10 States With The Largest Job Gaps

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.02.2011

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With the American economy years away from returning to pre-recession employment levels, Friday's news that the country failed to add any jobs at all i...

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60 Ways To Fix The Jobs Crisis

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2011

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Talk about bad timing. On the Friday before President Obama's widely-anticipated jobs speech, news came of the economy adding no jobs -- yes, zero -- ...

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Jason Linkins

Reflections On The Great Scheduling War Of 2011

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.01.2011

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In the end, what did we learn from the Great Logistical Kerfuffle of 2011? Well, we've been reminded that everyone in politics and the media is as thin-skinned and as petty as they ever were.

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Sam Stein

White House Gives In: Obama To Address Congress Thursday Night

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After a vacuous back-and-forth over whether or not the president would be invited to address a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, S...

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Sam Stein

UPDATE: Boehner Asks Obama To Delay Major Jobs Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Upping the stakes of his push for a major jobs plan, President Barack Obama asked House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majorit...

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