bobgeiger.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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The United States Senate will vote this week -- and very likely today -- on a bill that will extend unemployment insurance benefits by seven weeks for the jobless whose benefits have run out and a total of 13 weeks for those in states with an unemployment rate higher than six percent. ...
Jobless claims jump to 516,000
americablog.com 11/13/2008 — Ug-ly . The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment insurance last week surged to the highest levels since the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the number continuing to collect benefits rose to a 25-year high, the ...
Jobless claims jump to 16-year high.
thinkprogress.org 11/20/2008 — New claims for unemployment jumped unexpectedly to a 16-year high last week , the Labor Department reported, with 542,000 new claims for jobless benefits being filed. “Claims above 400,000 are generally considered a sign of recession , and ...
Unemployment Extension —
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
President Bush signed The Unemployment Extension Act of 2008 into law Friday, lengthening the period of government assistance to Americans struggling in the shrinking job market.
The measure helps people whose benefits have recently expired, extending benefits by seven weeks in all states, ...
Bush Signs Extension For Jobless Benefits —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON — With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.
Bush signed an extension of jobless benefits into law just before 8 a.m., ...
Congress Should Extend Unemployment Benefits Again —
Daily Kos
Back in June, Barry Ritholtz over at The Big Picture complained that "U3," the Bureau of Labor Statistics' official rate of unemployment , the one that gets reported by 99% of the megamedia and the blogmedia, is just not accurate. It has, over the years, slowly excluded many of the factors ...
Bush Gets Behind Greater Jobless Benefits —
News
The Bush administration will back an extension of unemployment benefits the Senate is set to vote on today.
The Senate is set to vote on the House-approved Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 Thursday, which would extend the length of unemployment insurance granted to out-of-work ...
The Road To 60-- And Unemployment Insurance —
DownWithTyranny!
How can we really know how Georgia's embattled reactionary senator, Saxby Chambliss, would have voted on the unemployment compensation extension bill Friday? With Georgia's unemployment level rising to 7%-- the highest since 1992-- Chambliss, who didn't bother going to Washington to vote, ...
More Good News —
Suburban Guerrilla
The downward spiral continues :
As the number of people filing claims for unemployment benefits hits a 16-year high, states are imposing higher taxes on employers and reducing benefits to replenish dwindling accounts.
Funds to pay unemployment benefits were down in 32 states as of Sept. 30 ...
I'm glad he changed his mind —
Political Animal
I'M GLAD HE CHANGED HIS MIND.... On Oct. 8, the White House was asked whether the president is willing to extend unemployment benefits. Dana Perino didn't use the word "veto," but she made it quite clear that the administration opposed...
Jobless Claims Hit 16 Year High —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
Unemployment benefits claims have jumped to a 16 year high.
With the number of new claims for U.S. jobless benefits hitting a 16-year high, some economists warn of further waves of layoffs in the months ahead.
Even already battered industries such as construction and manufacturing are expected ...
Good —
Suburban Guerrilla
At this point, he may be afraid to veto it:
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Congress agreed to extend unemployment benefits and sent the legislation to President George W. Bush, who has reversed his earlier opposition because of rising job losses.
The $6 billion measure, which would extend ...
Changed His Mind —
Eschaton
Nice to see that's possible.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits.
Even nicer that soon it won't matter.
The deteriorating job market —
Political Animal
THE DETERIORATING JOB MARKET.... I don't want to alarm anyone, but the job market appears to be in pretty horrendous shape. New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more...
Jobless Claims Jump to 16-Year High —
CNSNews.com Headlines
Washington (AP) The government says new claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening labor market. The Labor Department says new applications for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 from a downwardly ...
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