Los Angeles Times - May 13, 2012
Close to 100000 jobless Californians will lose as many as 20 weeks of federal unemployment insurance benefits by the end of May, state officials warned. The extra benefits of as much as $450 a week are...
Huffington Post - May 12, 2012
The unemployment rate is 8.3 percent. And the Bush tax cuts are set to expire at the end of 2012. President Obama and the Republican nominee -- no matter who is selected -- have irreconcilable differences about extending those cuts for America´s...
The Republic - May 11, 2012
The US unemployment system arose to address short-term unemployment and continues to reflect that approach. "We built our unemployment system so that if someone gets laid off, they get benefits for 26 weeks, and that´s covered the vast majority," said...
CNN Money - May 9, 2012
The 26-year-old from New Jersey has tried nearly everything. She has mailed resumes, asked friends and family for leads and dropped in on retail outlets in hopes of finding work....
- May 5, 2012
Both Congress and states are cutting back on unemployment benefits. Job seekers line up to enter a career fair in Los Angeles. Both Congress and states are cutting back on unemployment benefits. Diane Turner can´t find work. She spent 30 years managing...
- April 9, 2012
The Pew data show the programs the public would most like to cut are “aid to the world´s needy,” military defense and unemployment aid. The programs least favored for cutting are education, veterans benefits, and Social Security and Medicare....
- March 4, 2012
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the agreement passed by Congress last week to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while preventing a cut in payments to Medicare doctors. The signing, announced in a White House...
- March 4, 2012
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the agreement passed by Congress last week to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while preventing a cut in payments to Medicare doctors. The signing, announced in a White House...
- March 2, 2012
Meanwhile, the same Republicans agreed Monday to keep a $94 billion payroll tax cut through year-end without paying for it. But at the same time, they´re holding back on extending unemployment benefits and a much-needed patch to the Medicare program...
- February 24, 2012
Recession was the prime suspect, as job cuts forced more Californians onto the unemployment line, stripping their employer-supplied health benefits in the process. "Linking health care to a volatile job market puts us all at risk," said Shana Alex ...
- February 24, 2012
Think everyone drawing unemployment benefits is a guy who moved into his mom´s basement and spends his days sucking down beer, or worse, and playing videogames? Under this theory, ending unemployment pay would force this group of...
- February 18, 2012
This is why it´s hard to believe that some members of Congress want to make it harder for unemployed workers to get benefits that help them and their families keep their heads above water while they search for a job. As part of the price for extending ...
- February 15, 2012
The upcoming package would avert a pay cut for doctors treating patients under the Medicare government healthcare program for the elderly and extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. A fresh round of negotiations on the package is set to ...
- February 11, 2012
We´re also hearing a lot about the (bogus) theory that extending unemployment insurance benefits makes Americans too fat and lazy to get off the couch and look for a job. And there´s the occasional rhetorical gesture: At the end of his concession ...
- December 23, 2011
At 8.6 percent in November, unemployment has fallen 1.5 points from a 26-year high of 10.1 percent in October 2009. By contrast, claims for jobless benefits, which track staff cuts, have decreased 40 percent since peaking at an average 652500 in the...
