Unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON - With a GOP filibuster safely broken, the Senate is poised to pass legislation restoring jobless benefits for millions of people unable to find work in the frail economic recovery.
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats broke through a stubborn Republican filibuster Tuesday and pressed to restart jobless benefits for 2 million Americans still unable to find work in the frail national economic recovery.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is thanking senators for acting to restore unemployment benefits to 2.5 million people who began losing their checks weeks ago.
ARLINGTON, Va. - President Barack Obama says the new jobs report "is actually better than expected."
A jobs report released Friday said the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent last month as employers shed 36,000 jobs.
