Despite the recent good news — the unemployment rate and new jobless claims are down, economic and job growth are up, the nation’s 12.8 million unemployed people face two threats from Congress in the ...

Unless Congress acts very quickly, some 1.3 million workers will lose their extended jobless benefits on Dec. 28. Democrats were scrambling late Wednesday to link an extension of benefits to a budget ...

Politico's Chris Frates on who's to blame for ending unemployment benefits July 1, 2010— -- More than 1.3 million unemployed workers won't be getting their next round of unemployment benefits, ...

With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment ...

Every few months, a renewed debate seems to play out in Congress over extending unemployment benefits. Republicans claim that, given the deficit, extending benefits is fiscally irresponsible. (Some ...