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Unions urge House GOP to stop holding workers and the jobless hostage

December 20, 2011 By John Wojcik

The AFL-CIO is urging everyone to call House Speaker John Boehner at 202-225-0600, telling him to stop playing politics with the lives of working families.

Sidewalk “chalk” protest for unemployment benefits becomes a crime

December 13, 2011 By John Bachtell

When Occupy Springfield protesters chalked slogans on the sidewalk in front of GOP Congressman Aaron Schock's district office, it suddenly became a crime.

Jobless rate drops to 8.6% because 315,000 drop out altogether

December 2, 2011 By John Wojcik

This morning's government report was full of unsettling statistics.

Jobless enter Capitol, demand benefits extension

December 1, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Two hundred unemployed workers marched into the halls of Congress yesterday and served their lawmakers with 75,000 signatures on petitions demanding extension of unemployment benefits for the six million Americans about to lose them.

Congress super committee yields no deal

November 21, 2011 By John Wojcik

Republicans on the committee favor closing the deficits entirely by cutting spending, including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.