Texas Republican Says Positive Reports About The Stumulus Are False

Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) says during a hearing Friday that the 10.2% national unemployment rate shows that the stimulus package has not had a very positive effect on the nation. (0:26)

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Texas Republican: Stimulus Is Failing

Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) says during a hearing Friday that the stimulus package has failed because unemployment is still rising. (0:13)

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Job Loss Results In Insurance Loss, Says House Democrat

Joint Economic Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) says during a hearing that 4 million Americans do not have insurance because they have lost their job. (0:10)
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Long Road To Labor Market Recovery Says New York Democrat

Joint Economic Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) says during a hearing Friday that the labor market recovery will be very difficult. (0:06)

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Labor Report Shows Higher Unemployment Among Less Educated

A July report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the unemployment rate for people without a high school diploma is 15.4%, high school graduates without a college degree is 9.4%, and those with a college degree is only 4.7%. "I can see why the president has made it a priority to try to get people to not just finish high school, but to finish at least a year of college," says Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). (0:17)
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Unemployment Rate Not An Indication Of Recovery Act's Failure, Says President's Economic Advisor

“Unemployment is substantially higher and job loss has been greater than most observers predicted last winter...unemployment is likely to rise in coming months,” said Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Friday. He claimed, however, that “this does not provide a basis for concluding that the Recovery Act is falling short of its goals," since the peak impact of the stimulus on jobs is not projected to be achieved until the end of 2009. (0:30)


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Boehner Attacks Biden On Unemployment

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio.) accuses Vice President Joe Biden and the Obama administration for not focusing heavily enough on unemployment. As Biden was visiting Ohio Thursday, Boehner demanded that the state's ramping unemployment problem be addressed and justified by the Vice President. (0:22)
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Pence Slams Stimulus Package, Says GOP Has Better Alternatives

Congressman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) accuses the Obama administration's economic stimulus package of causing further job losses instead of decreasing unemployment rates. Pence argues that Republicans are advocating fiscal discipline and tax relief for working families and small businesses. (0:50)
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IPC: Methods Used for Unemployment Study

Rob Paral from the Immigration Policy Center explains what his method for his research on the connect between immigration and native unemployment was. Paral explains that he used a geographic perspective, basing his study on regional differences using the Pacific and the Midwest as examples.
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Recovery Act: Changing unemployment rates

By Courtney Ann Jackson-Talk Radio News Service

A senior administration official from Vice President Biden's office discusses how the recession has been broad-based. The Recovery Act's programs are helping areas that have higher unemployment rates. (0:50)
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Council on Economic Advisers:Help the people being hurt

By Courtney Ann Jackson- Talk Radio News Service

The Recovery Act is working to help the people being hurt and to minimize the harm to the unemployed.(0:45)
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IMF: Unemployment Will Increase Until 2010

Olivier Blanchard, an economic counselor and director of research at the IMF, explains how unemployment will continue to rise until 2010 because the rate of growth will be too low to increase the amount of jobs available in the economy. (0:36)
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The unemployment crisis

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Correspondent Michael Ruhl reports on the recent release of the unemployment statistics for March.

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The unemployment statistics for march

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Keith Hall testifies before Congress on the nation's unemployment numbers from March 2009, and how the recession has affected employment.

Hall said that unemployment numbers have climbed from 8.1 percent to 8.5 percent, and that the industries hardest hit are manufacturing, construction, and temporary services.

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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y) discusses the rise in unemployment

At a news conference today Congresswoman Maloney (D-N.Y) discusses America's economy and a new released report on unemployment.
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Economic recovery package expected to provide subsidies for COBRA premiums

Executive Director of Families USA Robert Pollack says that his organization expects the upcoming economic recovery package to include subsidies for COBRA premiums as well as a temporary health care safety net (0:34)
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Labor rates in September

Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Keith Hall explains the unemployment rates in September, as well as the rates for specific groups. (0:49)
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Maloney makes case for bailout

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) warns of the danger if the bailout bill is not passed, and says the unemployment rate in the last year has gotten bigger and bigger. (0:49)
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Middle class is losing money fast

At a press conference, Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) discusses the decrease in median household income and the economic struggle of the middle class. (1:02)
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Average of 94,000 jobs per month gone according to Bernanke

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke says that while our economy continues to slowly grow, private payroll employment declined this year falling at an average pace of 94,000 jobs per month through June. He also says the construction sector has been particularly hard hit. (:26)
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