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Worse, the estimate for state expenditures does not take into account the looming threats to the budget from the deficit in the state's unemployment-insurance fund and outstanding borrowing from local governments and special funds, which together amount to more than $25 billion.

How to Revive the California Dream Andrew G. Atkeson 2011

It also calls for major reforms to our unemployment-insurance system, including wage insurance to assist workers whose new job pays less than their old, a "Bridge to Work" program to help the unemployed reconnect with the labor force through temporary work, job-search assistance for all long-term unemployed, and support for unemployed workers looking to become entrepreneurs.

The Case for the President's Jobs Act Gene Sperling 2011

Without action from Congress, two economic-stimulus programs—a payroll-tax holiday for workers and emergency unemployment-insurance benefits—will expire by year-end, causing a loss of 750,000 jobs in 2012, according to an estimate by Moody's Analytics.

Private Ideas on How to Create Jobs Joe Light 2011

Unemployment filings have soared so high in recent months that seven states have already emptied their unemployment-insurance trust funds, which were supposed to see them through recessionary periods.

Matthew Yglesias » Centrism! 2009

Republican Douglas Holtz-Eakin , a former director of the Congressional Budget Office and president of the American Action Forum think tank, said measures such as tax credits for new hires and extending emergency unemployment-insurance benefits won't encourage hiring.

Private Ideas on How to Create Jobs Joe Light 2011

They said he also manipulated the unemployment-insurance tax system, using shell companies to transfer employees from one business to another in order to receive a lower rate.

H&H Bagels Store Lox Its Doors Sumathi Reddy 2011

Obama is asking Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut, as well as expiring unemployment-insurance benefits, as soon as it returns in September.

White House Renews Push to Extend Payroll-Tax Cut Kristina Peterson 2011

Among other measures, the president also called for more than $62 billion in spending to extend unemployment-insurance benefits through 2012 and fund programs to alleviate long-term joblessness.

Obama Takes Jobs Push on Road Jared A. Favole 2011

Senate Republicans are counting on their House counterparts to make the next move, and expect GOP leaders there to combine a payroll-tax cut with an unemployment-insurance extension and some GOP priorities, possibly including a measure to advance TransCanada Corp.'s controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Latest Payroll-Tax Plans Fail to Gain Traction Kristina Peterson 2011

The Wall Street Journal reports that Mr. Obama is also leaning on states to “permanently change their unemployment-insurance laws to cover part-time workers and prevent other laid-off workers from falling through cracks in the coverage,” offering them a multi-billion incentive to do so.

The Early Word: Focus on the Budget - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009