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08
Nov
2009
Citizen Wealth Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families

21 hours ago by admin

Citizen Wealth Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families The federal government may have failed the poor, argues organizer and ACORN founder Wade Rathke, but there is another way: wealth-building. In Citizen Wealth, Rathke shows how food stamps, unemployment insurance, and tax relief offer tempo ...

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07
Nov
2009
President Obama Signs Bill that Assists 40,000 Illinois Workers

1 day ago by windycitynews

Governor Pat Quinn today hailed U.S. Congressional action to extend unemployment insurance benefits an additional 20 weeks for thousands of Illinois workers who otherwise would have lost that financial support. President Obama signed the legislation into law today. chicagopressrelease.com

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06
Nov
2009
Unemployment Extension Is Law

2 days ago by Mike Lillis

The Detroit Free Press reports: As expected, President Barack Obama this morning signed into law a bill extending benefits for out-of-work Americans who have exhausted their unemployment checks or will do so by year’s end. Only 45 days after the House first passed the bill.

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Dying for a job

2 days ago by El Cabrero

Seventeenth century painting by Philippe de Champaigne. An article in Wednesday's Washington Post highlighted the Obama administration's efforts to grapple with rising unemployment in the midst of signs of an expanding economy. Both the administration and congress are going to have try to balance th ...

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05
Nov
2009
House Passes Extended Unemployment Benefits

3 days ago by Mike Lillis

Yesterday it was the Senate; today the House passed legislation to extend jobless benefits at least 14 weeks nationwide. The count was 403-12. The “nays” comprised mostly conservative Republicans who oppose the tiny employer surtax that will fund the benefit extension. The bill will provide an addit ...

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200,000 Unemployed Swarm Streets of America!

4 days ago by angrywoodchuck

Tragedy strikes America! Since September of this year, 200,000 people have stopped receiving unemployment payments as their benefits expired. For over two months now, a quarter million people have been without any government (tax payer) assisted income. The media continues to report back to us the m ...

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04
Nov
2009
Four Weeks Later, Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Extending Unemployment Benefits

4 days ago by Mike Lillis

Twenty-seven days, four votes and a long lesson in tedium later, the upper chamber has passed legislation extending unemployment benefits by at least 14 weeks in every state. The final tally was 98-0. Similar legislation passed the House more than six weeks ago, but the bill has been held up in the ...

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Unemployment Insurance Vote Soon?

4 days ago by Mike Lillis

That’s what Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is saying now on the Senate floor. Word is that chamber leaders are nearing an agreement to stage the final vote within the next hour. Stay tuned…

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Senate Approves More Jobless Benefits

4 days ago

The Senate voted unanimously to offer up to 20 more weeks of unemployment benefits to those who have been out of work a long time. Read the rest here: Senate Approves More Jobless Benefits

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But What Will Jobless South Carolinians Think?

4 days ago by Mike Lillis

Regarding the Senate vote on unemployment insurance that went off a moment ago, it’s worth noting that the only opponent was Sen. Jim DeMint (R), who represents South Carolina, where the unemployment rate of 11.6 percent happens to be the fifth highest in the country. We’ve got a call in to DeMint’s ...

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