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bobgeiger.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008

BobGeiger.com: Democrats Push For Unemployment Benefits Extension Today

— bobgeiger.blogspot.com — 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 ... (more) BobGeiger.com: Democrats Push For Unemployment Benefits ...

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edition.cnn.com - 11/22/2008

Bush signs bill to extend jobless benefits

— edition.cnn.com — The Senate passed a bill Thursday that extends unemployment benefits.... (more) Bush signs bill to extend jobless benefits

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chicagobreakingnews.com - 11/20/2008

Jobless claims hit 16-year high

— chicagobreakingnews.com — The government said new applications for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 from a downwardly... revised figure of 515,000 in the previous week. That's much higher than Wall Street economists' expectations of 505,000, according to a ... (more) Jobless claims hit 16-year high

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The deteriorating job market
Political Animal — ... since July 1992, the department said, when the U.S. economy was coming out of a recession. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out fluctuations, was even worse: it rose to 506,500, the highest in more than 25 years. In addition, the number of people continuing to claim unemployment insurance rose sharply for the third straight week to more than 4 million, the highest since December 1982, when the economy was in a painful recession. How bad is it? The Bush White House is suddenly willing to sign legislation to extend unemployment benefits. A bill to provide ...