Labor and Employment

Latest News
Poverty & Policy: What I Didn’t Know About the Payroll Tax Cut/UI Benefits Extension (1/12/12)
The New York Times: Obama Calls for Tax Breaks to Return Jobs From Abroad (1/11/12)
CEPR: Down and Out (1/5/12)
New York Times: Falling Behind (1/3/12)

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Policy Analyses and Research

CEPR: Unemployment Falls to 8.5 Percent, but Job Growth Remains Weak (1/6/12)
CBPP: Hundreds of Thousands of Lower-Wage Workers, Many of Whom Worked for Decades, Would Be Denied Unemployment Insurance Under Provision Now Under Consideration (1/6/12)
EPI: 11 Telling Charts from 2011 (12/21/11)
CBPP: House Unemployment Insurance Proposal Would Harm Jobless Workers, Weaken Economy, and Undermine UI System (12/14/11)

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Government Resources

House Education and Labor Committee: Teachers Jobs Saved by H.R. 1586 (8/5/10)
House Education and Labor Committee: Local Jobs for America Act: Estimated Funding and Estimated Jobs Created/Saved
DOL: Job Availability During a Recession: An Examination of the Number of Unemployed Persons Per Job Opening (March 2010)
House Ways and Means Committee: Unemployment Extension Briefing Materials (6/9/08)
Includes reasons for extending benefits; a brief summary of "The Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act" H.R. 5749; and the estimated number of workers by state eligible for extended unemployment benefits under H.R. 5749.
Status and text of H.R. 3010 the Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (signed into law 12/30/05)
Senate Appropriations Committee: S. Rept. 109-103 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (7/14/05)
CBO: Cost Estimate for S. 1021- Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2005 (7/1/05)
House Appropriations Committee: H. Rept. 109-143 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (6/21/05)
Status of "Workforce Investment Amendments of 2005" (S. 1021 introduced 5/18/05)

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