What The Folly?!Sequestration will cut unemployment benefits by 9%
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Sequestration would cut emergency unemployment compensation for long-term unemployed Americans by as much as 9.4%, according to the Department of Labor.
Overview of Department of Labor sequester cuts
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) would cut funding for state and local job training that help disadvantaged youths, dislocated or low-skilled workers find jobs. About several hundred thousand…
Transcript: Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Dec. 12, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Edited by Jenny Jiang Transcript of remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at a press briefing on Dec. 12, 2012:
Presidential town hall debate excerpts – Mitt Romney on long-term unemployed workers
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Edited by Jenny Jiang Excerpts from the presidential town hall debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on Oct. 16, 2012 Transcript of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s remarks…
Presidential town hall debate excerpts – Mitt Romney on jobs for recent college graduates
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Edited by Jenny Jiang Excerpts from the presidential town hall debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on Oct. 16, 2012 Transcript of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s…
Congress passes payroll tax extension package
Friday, February 17, 2012
Congress today voted overwhelmingly to extend the payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits, and Medicare “Doc Fix” rates that are set to expire by the end of this…
Analysis: Obama budget proposes tax reforms and spending cuts to reduce long-term deficit
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Obama administration’s 2013 budget advocates a balanced approach to reduce the nation’s long-term deficit by cutting government spending and reforming the tax code to recover revenues lost…
Analysis: Obama’s budget seeks to boost jobs & strengthen economic recovery
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget contains several key spending and tax measures aimed at boosting jobs and strengthening the delicate economic recovery by addressing weak consumer demand. The…
Transcript: Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen calls Obama’s budget ‘good for the country’
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Remarks by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on President Obama’s 2013 federal budget (Feb. 13, 2012): “The President’s budget is a budget that’s good for the country….
Transcript: Republican Sen. Bob Corker decries leadership ‘deficit’ in Obama’s 2013 budget
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Remarks by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) on Obama’s 2013 budget at a press briefing on Feb. 13, 2012: “I think all of us who come here are…