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House extends jobless benefits
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | about 1 month ago
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Congress gave final approval Thursday for an additional $24 billion to help the jobless and support the housing market as climbing unemployment poses a growing liability for elected officials. The bill, passed overwhelmingly by the House and headed to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Mr. Obama, tax credit, White House, extend unemployment, president obama
Jobless in NH to get extended benefits
Concord :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility N.H.— Unemployed workers in New Hampshire who are using up their unemployment benefits will be getting additional help. Congress has approved legislation that extends the jobless benefits in every state for 14 additional weeks. Workers in states where...
Tags: unemployment benefit, Hawaii, jobless benefit, extend unemployment
Senate votes to renew tax credit for first-time home buyers
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The measure was attached to a bill that would provide 20 weeks of unemployment benefits in more than two dozen states with jobless rates above 8.5 percent and up to 14 weeks elsewhere. Another provision in the bill would allow businesses that had operating...
Tags: Barack Obama, House Approves Jobless Benefits, tax credit, White House, Congress, The House, Senate, unemployment benefits, president barack, extend unemployment
Senate Passes Unemployment Extension, Home Buyer Tax Break
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Senate voted 98-0 to extend unemployment benefits for the jobless by up to 20 weeks. In states with unemployment rates of 8.5 percent and above -- in Georgia the unemployment rate is 10.1 percent -- the jobless could receive up to 99 weeks of benefits,...
Tags: Senate, unemployment benefits, extend unemployment, tax credit, The House, homebuyers tax, tax breaks
Obama officially backs extension of jobless benefits
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Obama administration on Tuesday officially threw its weight behind legislation making its way through Congress to provide additional weeks of unemployment benefits to help Americans hit by rising joblessness. A bill to extend jobless benefits to...
Tags: Senate Democrats, unemployment benefit, joblessness benefit, senate agreed, final votes, extend unemployment
Jobless lose lifeline as Senate stalls
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility As thousands of jobless Americans lose their weekly unemployment checks, Congress is still debating who should qualify for a benefits extension. The House passed a bill last month lengthening benefits by 13 weeks for those in high-unemployment states.
Tags: Senate Democrats, unemployment benefits, jobless benefits, jobless workers, extend unemployment
U.S. House votes to extend unemployment benefits
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility With unemployment lines growing even as the recession eases its grip, the U.S...Senate has yet to consider a version of the bill, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the body would take up the legislation "very, very quickly." The unemployment...
Tags: U.S. House, unemployment benefits, unemployment rate, extend unemployment, jobless benefits, extend jobless, Senate, house votes, Washington
Beshear wants feds to extend unemployment benefits
Frankfort :: KY :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Gov. Steve Beshear is urging members of Congress to extend federally funded unemployment benefits by 13 weeks and to make them available throughout 2010. As of Sept. 5, 665 Kentuckians had exhausted 79 weeks of benefits - the current maximum - and another...
Tags: unemployment benefits, Steve Beshear, Kentucky, extend unemployment
Conde Nast Portfolio: Gov: $3B budget gap anticipated
Albany :: NY :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Gov. David Paterson said Wednesday that he expects the state will soon face at least a $3 billion deficit in its current budget. That means state legislators will have to revisit the budget in the coming months to come up with that money.
Tags: David Paterson, New York City, New York Post, unemployment benefits, extend unemployment, federal stimulus, stimulus money, Thomas DiNapoli
California GOP rejects extending unemployment benefits
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Like governors and state legislatures across the nation, California lawmakers are under pressure to decide whether they want to accept federal aid, which comes with strings attached. Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry has said he will turn down $555 million...
Tags: california, California Assembly, California Green Corps, unemployment benefits, Buca di Beppo, extend unemployment, federal stimulus, Barack Obama, Sacramento County Airport System
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