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Obama to Call for $53B for High-Speed Rail

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is calling for a six-year, $53 billion spending plan for high-speed rail, as he seeks to use infrastructure spending to jump-start job creation. An initial $8 billion in spending will be part of the budget plan Obama is set to release Monday. If Congress approves the plan, the money...

Democrats Say GOP Focusing on 'Everything but Jobs'

WASHINGTON -- Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers stand accused of the same charge, using their new House majority to push to repeal the president's health care law, restrict abortions and highlight other social issues important...

Obama's Bipartisan Economic Vision Signals Bitter Clashes Ahead

Analysis Rarely has a president asked for so much when he can get so little. President Barack Obama went before assembled House and Senate members tonight knowing he must address two monumental economic problems that threaten the state of the union: the worst epidemic of joblessness in generations and a scourge of...

Opinion: The GOP's Misguided Fixation on the 'Death Tax'

(Oct. 22) -- I've recently written about the unfocused approach of the Obama administration in its fiscal policy, but it is clear that it has no monopoly on such a lack of focus. A recent article about 250 Republican congressional candidates emphasizing permanent repeal of the estate tax makes clear that they also need a...

Obama Signs Small Business Bill Into Law

(Sept. 27) -- President Barack Obama today signed into law a chain of tax cuts for small businesses and up to $14 billion in federally funded loans aimed at stimulating job creation, in what's likely to be the government's last bid to boost the economy before the midterm elections. Enactment of the Small Business Jobs...

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Help for job market unlikely to come from Congress

WASHINGTON -The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker.

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Ali Noorani: To Create Jobs, Fix Immigration

Right under the noses of pro-business Republicans and Democrats is an anti-business immigration system that impedes innovation and puts family farmers out of business.

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Economic 'Uncertainty' Tightening CEO Spending

CEOs will hold their wallets a little bit tighter heading into the summer after the long-awaited recovery in U.S. employment stumbled in May. The United States had been a relative bright spot this year in a troubled world economy coping with Europe's debt crisis and a cooling Chinese economy.

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Small Business Hiring Slows In May: NFIB

Hiring by small businesses slowed in May, but there was a slight increase in the number of employers planning to create new jobs, the National Federation of Independent Business said.

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Democrats, Be Afraid... Be Very, Very Afraid

I've talked to a great many Democrats who are 100% convinced that President Barack Obama will be re-elected.

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06/02/12 Jobs report weakens Obama's election argument Source: The Bulletin - Bend OR The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama's re-election argument that he has been a steward of recovery.
06/02/12 Job creation hits lowest total in a year nationally Source: Lansing State Journal - Lansing MI U.S. employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up, boding ill for President Barack Obamas re-election chances.
06/02/12 Dow plunges more than 200 after jobs report Source: ABC - WCHS 8 - Charleston WV Stocks fell sharply after the release of a weak jobs report.
06/02/12 May jobs report disappoints - Philadelphia Inquirer Source: Stockwatch - Cyprus Job growth stalled in May, as the nation's economy created 69,000 jobs, well below expectations, and less than the 100,000 new jobs needed monthly to keep up with population growth.
06/02/12 Federal funds sought for job creation Source: Press Republican - Plattsburgh NY The North Country Chamber of Commerce has applied for federal funding to fill supply-chain gaps for local manufacturers and help them operate more efficiently.

Background on job creation

Job Creation Programs are programs or projects undertaken by a government of a nation to assist unemployed members of the population in securing employment.

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