Obama Wants to Pressure Republicans to Extend Unemployment Benefits After Signing Bill Ending Them
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Unemployment Benefits
Obama Wants "Emergency" Extension of Unemployment Benefits After Signing Spending Bill That Has It Expiring Today For 1.3 Million People
Took a break from his Hawaii vacation
California's Unemployment Fund Owes Nearly $10 Billion to the Federal Government
466,000 Californians are on unemployment benefits
Glitch Cuts Off Californians from Unemployment Checks
Affects 80,000 people and could take weeks to resolve
Audit Says 20,000 NJ Inmates Were Mistakenly Paid Millions in Benefits
$24 million in total
Fewer Workers Filing for Unemployment Claims
But businesses stagnant on both hiring and firing
New Jobless Claims Hit Five Year Low
330,000 initial claims for state unemployment benefits
North Carolina Owes Feds $2.4 Billion for Unemployment Funding
State legislators working out plan to pay funds back
Jobless Claims Down to Two Month Low
359,000 people still applied for unemployment for the first time this week
42 Straight Months of Stupidly Optimistic Official Predictions About Economic Recovery
Once-a-month quotes from the Obama administration and the media about how the economy will be booming any minute now.
