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Many workers who have suffered long spells of joblessness are now running out of benefits, because Congress has declined thus far to extend special unemployment-benefit provisions that were put in place during the recession.
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Data Thursday showed the number of idled workers filing new unemployment-benefit claims climbed last week, driven higher by filings in car-industry states.
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That package is likely to include an expansion of food stamps, an unemployment-benefit extension, aid to states for health-care costs and funding for roads and bridges.
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An increase in weekly unemployment-benefit claims for the week ended Jan. 26 helped set the negative tone, but it was worries surrounding MBIA's report of a $2.3 billion quarterly loss that hastened a decline of 193 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average shortly after the opening, market watchers said.
MBIA Paces 2008
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The legislation-written by Rep. Dave Camp Mich., the head of the Ways and Means Committee-gives states the option of using federal unemployment-benefit dollars for other job creation programs.
Slate Magazine Annie Lowrey 2011
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In securing the $858 billion tax-cut and unemployment-benefit package, Mr. Obama cashed in his one big bargaining chip with the Republicans: allowing the Bush-era tax cuts to continue even for the wealthiest taxpayers.
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Disappointing first-quarter GDP figures and a flurry of negative data-this week it was announced that unemployment-benefit claims had crept up in June, while exports fell unexpectedly-throw doubt on the robustness of recovery.
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Georgia's Labor Commissioner is telling all the Georgians who are looking for work that Congress will probably end all unemployment-benefit extensions.
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Georgia's Labor Commissioner is telling all the Georgians who are looking for work that Congress will probably end all unemployment-benefit extensions.
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Georgia's Labor Commissioner is telling all the Georgians who are looking for work that Congress will probably end all unemployment-benefit extensions.
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