Unemployment Benefits at Risk as Senate Rejects Jobs Bill
Unemployment allowances for six million Americans are at accident now that the United State Senate has abandoned Obama's jobs bill. The Senate voted 50-49 in…
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Obama’s Jobs Bill Proposes Protecting Jobless Against Hiring Bias
President Obama’s jobs bill would prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants because they are unemployed, making it “an unlawful employment practice” if a business…
California Budget Impasse Hampers Teacher Hiring
The federal jobs bill that was signed into law last week includes $1.2 billion earmarked for California schools. With the money, school districts across the…
Obama Shifting Message to Jobs
"It's the economy, stupid!" James Carville's quip seems to have lost no relevance since the days he first made it the mantra of Bill Clinton's…
Obama Signs Jobs Bill
It’s official. After stalling for months in the Senate, a $26 billion federal aid bill was today signed into law by President Obama. The Bill…
House Approves $26 Billion Jobs Bill
A controversial $26 billion “jobs bill” was passed by the House Tuesday. The bill, which is designed to help states save teacher, police officers and…
Iowa Rescinding Up to 1,800 Teacher Layoffs
Governor Chet Culver of Iowa said Monday afternoon that $96 million in aid from the federal jobs bill could save the jobs of up to…
Pennsylvania May Lay Off Less Than 200
In a statement Monday, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said that layoffs at the state level in Pennsylvania may number less than 200. Earlier this year,…
Senate Passes Jobs Bill
In a filibuster-breaking 61-39 vote, the Senate on Thursday passed a bill which included $10 billion to prevent or delay up to 300,000 layoffs nationwide.…
How Will Collapsed Jobs Bill Affect Economy?
After three times to the breach, a Democratic-sponsored jobs bill fell dying to the senate floor on Thursday. The over $100 billion package, which had…