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Unemployment and Career News July 27th, 2010
President Obama signed the Emergency Unemployment Benefits Extension Bill, HR 5618, into law last Thursday after the bill was passed three hours earlier by the U.S House of Representatives on a vote of 272 to 152. The bill, which would reestablish Tier 3 unemployment for 3 million Americans at an average weekly benefit amount if [...]
Unemployment News July 20th, 2010
Senate Democrats have blocked the Republican filibuster on unemployment benefit extension bill H.R. 4213. The block was passed by house Democrats in a 60-40 vote at 2:30 PM on July 21, 2010 after West Virginia Senator Robert Bird’s replacement, Carte Goodwin, was sworn in. The bill, which will now go through a simple majority vote, [...]
Unemployment News July 2010
Recent unemployment stats in the US are all pointing towards a slow but steady economic growth pattern. Statistics issued from the Bureau of Labor indicate that the total number of unemployed Americans has gone down to 14.6 million, which represents a 9.5% proportion of the population. This is despite large exits from Government employment, with [...]