Jobs
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Obama pushes jobs bill ahead of Senate vote
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President Barack Obama is pushing in his weekly radio and Internet address for Senate passage of his nearly $450 billion jobs bill as senators prepare to vote Tuesday on moving to debate on the measure.
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September unemployment rate holds at 9.1 percent, economy adds 103K jobs
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Employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer, but it wasn't enough to lower the national unemployment rate.
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President Barack Obama challenges Republicans to pass jobs bill
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Defiant and frustrated, President Barack Obama aggressively challenged Republicans Thursday to get behind his jobs plan or explain why not.
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Senate Democrats scramble to rewrite Obama's jobs bill
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Senate Democrats are scrambling to rewrite portions of President Barack Obama's jobs bill as they seek elusive party unity around the measure even as Obama tries to pin the blame squarely on Republicans for Congress' failure to act.
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Ross opens new D.C. store
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Ross is opening its first store ever in D.C. next week and is hiring dozens of D.C. workers.
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Obama pitches jobs, GOP says cut red tape
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What's the best prescription for the economy? President Obama says it's his $447 billion jobs bill. The GOP is pushing to cut government red tape.
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Obama urges Congress to pass jobs bill
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to keep pressure on Congress to consider his nearly $450 billion jobs bill.
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Veteran's career fair attracts a thousand former service members
CommentAlmost a thousand former military service members looking for a job came to a career fair for veterans and their spouses Tuesday.
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President Obama takes jobs plan to North Carolina
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President Barack Obama is pitching his jobs plan in North Carolina, visiting a business that the White House says would benefit from the proposals he's been pressing Congress to pass right away.
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President Barack Obama takes jobs plan to Ohio school
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President Obama will promote his plan to pour $25 billion into school modernization Tuesday in Ohio, the backyard of one of main political rivals, House Speaker John Boehner.
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Cantor talks about Obama jobs plan on home turf
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President Barack Obama began a public relations blitz in Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's backyard, prodding Congress to adopt his $447 billion jobs package.
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Obama proposes $450 billion jobs plan, mostly tax cuts
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President Barack Obama unveiled a larger-than-expected $450 billion plan Thursday night to boost jobs and put cash in the pockets of dispirited Americans.
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President Barack Obama's jobs plan to highlight Thursday speech
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Facing a frustrated public and a skeptical Congress, President Barack Obama will pitch at least $300 billion in jobs proposals aimed at getting Americans back to work quickly.
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Obama to propose $300 billion to jump-start jobs
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President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again.
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Obama says GOP must back US first, create jobs
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The president says congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs as he used a boisterous Labor Day rally to aim a partisan barb at the GOP.
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No new jobs in August; unemployment rate at 9.1 percent
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Employers stopped adding jobs in August, an alarming setback for an economy that has struggled to grow and might be at risk of another recession.
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August unemployment rate stays at 9.1 percent
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Employers added no net workers last month and the unemployment rate was unchanged, a sign that many were nervous the U.S. economy could be at risk of slipping into another recession.
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Obama gives in on speech timing, moves to Sept. 8
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It seems House Speaker Boehner and President Obama have resolved their quarrel over the timing of a Presidential address to Congress.
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