unemployment
Coronavirus causes 35% weekly hike in jobless claim applications
January 15, 2021Jobless crisis sharpens as depression resulting from virus-forced closures deepens.
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GOP senators feel the heat on $2,000 stimulus
December 29, 2020Sen. Sanders says he will filibuster defense bill to force a vote on the higher stimulus checks.
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Republican Senate should get off its ass and help hurting people
December 18, 2020Almost 14 million jobless people will lose their aid checks the day after Christmas. 12 million could be evicted. And for 310,000 people there will be no aid at all, because they are dead.
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Pandemic responses: Coronavirus deaths climb as Trump stays silent on aid
December 3, 2020So-called “compromise” legislation falls far short of what is needed.
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Independent report finds myriad problems with pandemic relief, jobless aid
December 2, 2020The Government Accountability Office says lawmakers have to hold Trump's executive branch agencies’ feet to the fire.
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