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Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployment Benefits, Long Island, Senate Republicans, Recovery, Economic Policy, New York City, Middle Class, Economic Stimulus, Joblessness, Senate Democrats, Hudson Valley, Recession, New York News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Rather than do what is right, Republicans did what was politically convenient, twice blocking the unemployment extension last week in an effort to derail other economic recovery programs.

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Arthur Delaney

Texas Man Plans To Camp On GOP Rep's Lawn If Congress Fails To Extend Unemployment Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Down Not Out, Business News

If Congress fails to pass an extension of unemployment benefits, Ricky Macoy of Quinlan, Texas plans to take it out on the Republican Party by camping...

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Senate Democrats Agree To Extend Jobless Benefits

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless w...

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Kyl Blocks Vote on Unemployment Benefits, Says Republicans Need Ideas

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

Arizona Democratic Party spokesperson Jennifer Johnson said Thursday, "It's disappointing but not surprising that Kyl single-handedly blocked this vote.

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Lawyer's Unemployment Benefits Yanked Over $1 A Day From Blog

Forbes | Posted 10.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Department of Labor, Unemployment Benefits, Google AdSense, Unemployment, New York, Google, Technology News

Does writing a blog constitute work? That appears to be the position of the New York State Department of Labor, which recently declared a laid-off att...

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Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

The New York Times | Jackie Calmes | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Layoffs, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Jobless, Operating Losses, Unemployment Benefits, Laid Off, Job Creation, Safety Net, Stimulus, Recession, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With unemployment expected to rise well into next year even as the economy slowly recovers, the Obama administration and Democratic lead...

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Unemployment Now Lasts Longer Than Benefits

Bloomberg | Michael McKee and Alex Tanzi | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

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For the first time, the average amount of time it takes fired employees to find a new job exceeds the length of their standard unemployment benefits. ...

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Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media

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Diane Tucker

Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

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Unemployment Rate Rises To 9.8 Percent; U.S. Economy Shed 263,000 Jobs In September

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Job hunters will face long odds well into next year. As the unemployment rate inches closer to 10 percent, most businesses are nowh...

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Leading With Lagging Indicators

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: National Employment Law Project, Recession, Unemployment Benefits, Work, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, Stimulus, Unemployment, Business News
Harry Moroz

When economic growth returns, most households - and particularly the unemployed - experience little or no relief in the short term.

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The Unemployment Benefits Extension Explained by OC User nancym

Avelino Maestas | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Avelino Maestas

The comment threads on bills related to the issue have long been a valuable resource for people seeking information on unemployment benefits. I'm using comments from the thread as the core of this blog post.

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House Moves To Extend Unemployment Benefits

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON --; Despite predictions the Great Recession is running out of steam, the House is taking up emergency legislation this week to help the mil...

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AP: Layoffs Toughest On Younger, Older Workers

AP | MIKE SCHNEIDER and ERRIN HAINES | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs Report, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Old Workers, Young Workers, Economy, Jobless, Business News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Marcus Wells and Shirley Walker view their economic prospects from opposite ends of the age spectrum. Wells, 25, was initially ...

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"These Jobs Are Not Coming Back"

Garrett Johnson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

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Garrett Johnson

The problem is that Americans have too much debt and too little savings, and the country doesn't manufacture the goods that the rest of the world wants to buy. Until that changes jobs will continue to be scarce.

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$3.1B Set Aside For Unemployed Is Unclaimed Because States Haven't Expanded Jobless Benefits

USA Today | Matt Kelley | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

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More than $3.1 billion in stimulus money for state unemployment insurance programs is sitting in a federal trust fund because 23 states haven't expand...

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Arthur Delaney

Unemployment: An Awful Waste Of Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

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Unemployment can be lonely and frustrating. No fellow commuters, no coworkers. Lots of people don't know where they went wrong -- because they didn't...

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Underemployed?: Recession Pushing More Americans Into Part-Time Work

Washington Post's The Ticker | Frank Ahrens | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

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Unemployed Americans are so discouraged about the prospect of finding a new job that they're checking out of the labor force at the highest and fastes...

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Prisoners Collect Thousands Of Dollars In Unemployment Benefits

AP | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York auditors have identified 11 state prison inmates who collected about $30,000 in unemployment insurance benefits they wer...

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Unemployment Benefits Will Run Out For 1.5 Million Jobless Americans

nytimes.com | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 09.01.2009 | Business

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Over the coming months, as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits, ending what for some has been a l...

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Unemployment Claims Drop As People Exhaust State Benefits

Wall Street Journal | KELLY EVANS | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

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The number of workers on jobless rolls is declining in an encouraging sign for the U.S. economy, although the decrease partly reflects people exhausti...

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Arthur Delaney

1.5 Million To Exhaust Unemployment Benefits By The End Of The Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

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More than 500,000 Americans will exhaust their unemployment benefits by the end of September. And by the end of the year, the number will near 1.5 mil...

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Arthur Delaney

Down, Not Out: Laid-Off Journalist Tries The Back-To-School Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

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Jennifer West lost her job as an editor over a year ago. She couldn't find a new gig. Now she's in school to get a master's degree in childhood specia...

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N.Y. Unemployed A Casualty Of Senate Chaos

New York Times | PATRICK McGEEHAN | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Albany New York, Albany, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless Claim, New York Unemployment, Paterson Unemployment, Joblessness, Governor David Paterson, Jobless Benefits, David Patterson, New York, David Paterson, New York News

A campaign to increase New York's unemployment benefits for the first time in a decade has been sidetracked by the political stalemate in Albany. Des...

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Arthur Delaney

Down, Not Out: Porsche To Poverty

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

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Jerry Wolters of Bellevue, Wash. wrote to say he's been out of work since November, 2008 and that his unemployment benefits will run out next month. "...

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Jobless Lose Food Stamps Because Of $25 Stimulus Check

AP/Huffington Post | MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama increased unemployment benefits as part of his economic stimulus, he also made some Americans ineligibl...

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