AP - Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.
States ignored warnings on unemployment insurance (AP)
AP - State officials had plenty of warning. Over the past three decades, two national commissions and a series of government audits sounded alarms about the dwindling amount of money states...
Obama calls for new era of competitiveness (AP)
AP - President Barack set out Wednesday to build momentum for his revamped economic message, calling for a new era of American competitiveness during a stop in Wisconsin, a state that will be...
December jobs report seen showing greater hiring (AP)
AP - The government is expected to report Friday that businesses stepped up hiring in December, a trend likely to gain momentum in 2011.
Comeback Kid 2.0?
After the self-described “shellacking” Obama and the Dems got in November, the turnaround in this lame duck session has been nothing short of extraordinary. 5 major pieces...
First Senate vote expected on Obama-GOP tax deal (AP)
AP - Senators get their first chance Monday to vote on the tax-cut deal struck by President Barack Obama and Republicans, but whatever the outcome of the test vote, the White House expects...
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