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Details emerge on jobless benefits and payroll tax cut deal
February 16, 2012In addition to shortening the maximum length of time workers may collect, the GOP also won some cuts in the pensions for newly hired federal workers.
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Obama budget draws praise, some complaints, from labor leaders
February 14, 2012The president's budget will be ignored in the GOP-run House, where Budget Committee Chairm Paul Ryan, R-Wis., intends to draft a proposal, which is expected to push killing of Medicare as we know it.
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Getting off capitalism’s treadmill
February 8, 2012The 1 percent not only made their way through the Great Recession, but also enriched themselves many times over.
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Jobless rate drops: positive trend but some cautions too
February 3, 2012The nation's official unemployment rate fell in January to 8.3 percent, down from December's 8.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Biden: GOP doesn’t understand middle class
February 3, 2012Most of his speech alternated between jabs at GOP leaders, and defense of the Obama administration's actions.
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