UNEMPLOYMENT see also Employment

Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S651–S655 [12FE], H444–H448 [12FE]

Articles and editorials

As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard, H942 [4MR]

Economy Leaves Wages Behind, H2456 [7MY]

How the Sequester Threatens the U.S. Legal System, S2450 [8AP]

Lawmakers’ Sequestration Double-Talk, H2252 [24AP]

Sequestration Threatens American Justice, S1079 [4MR]

Top 10 Reasons Why People of Color Should Care About Sequestration, H943 [4MR]

Wanted—Jobs for the New ‘Lost’ Generation (excerpt), S6730, S6731 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions

Benefits: express that Congress should reconvene to enact legislation extending unemployment benefits (see H. Res. 446), H8117 [16DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (see S. 1747), S8361 [20NO] (see S. 1797), S8601 [10DE] (see S. 1845), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 3546), H7309 [20NO] (see H.R. 3773), H8117 [16DE]

——— prevent payment of benefits to incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 2826), H5087 [25JY]

——— prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (see H.R. 1172), H1426 [14MR]

——— require drug testing as a condition for application and receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1277), H1717 [20MR]

——— require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3454), H6997 [12NO]

——— terminate benefits to jobless millionaires (see H.R. 2448), H3988 [20JN]

BLS: include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 484), H342 [4FE]

Business and industry: ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see S. 1687), S7951 [12NO]

——— prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 1899), H2533 [8MY]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (see S. 1170), S4481 [13JN] (see H.R. 2381), H3652 [14JN]

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 188), H51 [4JA]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S7674 [30OC]

Dept. of Defense: improve the Transition Assistance Program (see S. 889), S3159 [7MY]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H701 [27FE] (see H.R. 1000), H1319 [6MR]

——— prohibit enforcement of requirement that certain consumer reporting agencies obtain and maintain an individual’s informed consent agreement when verifying income and employment (see H.R. 2722), H4723 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1284), S5667 [11JY]

Economy: eliminate application of sequestration to benefits (see H.R. 2177), H2954 [23MY]

——— provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see S. 1383), S6023 [29JY] (see H.R. 2721), H4723 [18JY] (see H.R. 2770), H4856 [22JY]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 2821), H5050 [24JY]

——— restore growth, spur job creation, and build momentum toward economic recovery for border communities and the U.S. (see H.R. 548), H411 [6FE]

Education: ensure that individuals in an authorized job training program or completing degree or certificate work remain eligible for regular unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1530), H1991 [12AP]

Employment: create an emergency jobs program (see H.R. 1617), H2156 [18AP]

——— streamline Federal job training system, steer training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish Pay for Performance pilot program, and provide State access to National Directory of New Hires (see S. 804), S2960 [24AP]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see S. 1099), S3986 [6JN] (see H.R. 1502), H1956 [11AP]

Federal employees: clarify that furloughed Federal employees who receive back pay may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same time period (see H.R. 3447), H6997 [12NO]

GAO: report on implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (see H.R. 2630), H4308 [9JY]

Hurricanes: provide enhanced disaster unemployment assistance to States affected by Hurricane Sandy (see S. 803), S2960 [24AP]

National Commission on Employment and Economic Security: establish (see H.R. 3642), H7445 [3DE] (see H.R. 3651), H7507 [4DE]

Taxation: allow small employers a credit against income tax for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3781), H8117 [16DE]

——— authorize new empowerment zone designations for urban areas with high unemployment and high foreclosure rates (see H.R. 3535), H7252 [19NO]

——— expand and permanently extend health care tax credit available to laid-off employees receiving trade adjustment assistance and retirees receiving Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., payments (see S. 1446), S6207 [1AU]

——— increase quarterly wages paid threshold for classification as an agricultural labor employer for purposes of unemployment taxes (see H.R. 2899), H5261 [31JY]

——— provide a payroll tax exemption for hiring long-term unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3752), H8108 [12DE]

——— provide for an employment assistance voucher program for the unemployed (see H.R. 51), H29 [3JA]

——— provide tax credits to small businesses that hire people who were previously unemployed and to small businesses in high unemployment areas (see H.R. 3430), H6953 [30OC]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 3726), H8107 [12DE]

Urban areas: provide grants to cities with high unemployment rates to provide job training, public works, and economic development programs (see H.R. 3016), H5397 [2AU]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 1229), H1548 [15MR]

Cloture motions

Benefits: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S9083 [20DE]

Essays

State of the Union: Jeannine Bissonette, S702 [13FE]

Letters

Government shutdown impact on Nevada: Brian Sandoval, Governor of Nevada, H6442 [9OC]

Impact of budget sequestration: Janet Napolitano, Sec. of Homeland Security, S884 [27FE]

Impact of budget sequestration on Dept. of Defense: Representative Williams, H665 [27FE]

Impact of budget sequestration on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board: several Member of Congress, E287 [13MR]

Nomination of Thomas E. Perez to be Sec. of Labor: John R. Dunne, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, S3235 [8MY]

——— Kathleen T. Snyder, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, S3235 [8MY]

——— M.H. Jim Estepp, Greater Prince George’s County Business Roundtable (organization), S3235 [8MY]

——— Pless Jones, Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc., S3235 [8MY]

Memorandums

Apportionment of the Continuing Resolution: Jeffrey D. Zients, OMB, S964–S967 [28FE]

Issues Raised by Potential Sequestration: Jeffrey D. Zients, OMB, S963 [28FE]

Remarks in House

Benefits: extend unemployment benefits, H7145 [15NO], H7368 [2DE], H7699, H7700, H7701, H7704–H7712, H8073–H8075, H8077, H8079–H8083, H8088, H8089, H8100, H8102 [12DE], H8134 [26DE], E1719 [20NO]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), H7406 [3DE], H7557 [5DE], H7623–H7626 [10DE], H7635, H7636 [11DE]

——— prevent payment of benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 2826), E1141 [25JY]

——— prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (H.R. 1172), E305 [14MR]

BLS: impact of Government shutdown on release of jobs report, H6496 [11OC]

Budget: impact of sequestration on benefits, E989 [28JN]

Business and industry: impact of Government regulations on hiring and job loss, H4843–H4848 [22JY]

——— improve economic climate for businesses, H505 [14FE]

California: impact of budget sequestration on Kern and Fresno Counties relative to BLM cancellation of all oil and natural gas leases, H2668 [16MY]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs, H4318 [10JY]

——— provide for youth jobs (H.R. 2381), E892 [17JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H7695 [12DE]

——— legislative priorities, H3766 [19JN], H5309 [1AU], H5437 [10SE], H5648 [18SE], H7195 [19NO], H7269–H7272 [20NO]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1560–H1566 [18MR]

Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus: tribute, H673, H674 [27FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4993, H4994 [24JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 870), E206 [27FE]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 1000), E301 [14MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H2335 [25AP], H3053, H3054, H3086, H3087 [4JN], E816 [6JN]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, E11 [3JA], E21 [14JA]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H350 [5FE], H396–H398 [6FE], H434, H436, H437 [12FE], H457, H458, H461, H462, H463, H464, H465 [13FE], H506, H508, H514, H515, H516, H521, H522, H530, H531, H540 [14FE], H554, H564, H570 [15FE], H601, H602, H607, H608, H609 [25FE], H633, H634, H637, H638, H639, H640, H641, H642, H643, H650, H651 [26FE], H663–H672, H673, H674, H675, H676, H680, H681, H684, H685, H686, H687, H688–H697 [27FE], H705, H706, H801–H811 [28FE], H821, H822, H941–H948 [4MR], H955, H956, H957, H958, H964, H968, H978 [5MR], H985, H986, H988–H995, H1303–H1315 [6MR], H1364, H1366–H1371 [13MR], H1401, H1403, H1423 [14MR], H1542 [15MR], H1591–H1596 [19MR], H1641, H1642 [20MR], H1863, H1870, H1871, H1872, H1873 [10AP], H1917, H1925 [11AP], H1977 [12AP], H2076 [17AP], H2167, H2168 [23AP], H2252, H2258, H2269 [24AP], H2303, H2308, H2312, H2313, H2314, H2315, H2316–H2321 [25AP], H2356, H2366, H2367, H2371, H2378, H2379, H2380 [26AP], H2471–H2473 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2555 [9MY], H2607 [15MY], H2810, H2811, H2812 [21MY], H2846, H2848, H2849, H2851 [22MY], H3055 [4JN], H3931 [20JN], H4084, H4085 [27JN], H4987 [24JY], H5442 [10SE], H5689, H5690 [19SE], H5913 [27SE], H5943 [28SE], H6403 [8OC], H6540 [11OC], H7461 [4DE], H8043, H8083 [12DE], E193 [26FE], E199, E201 [27FE], E226, E229, E231 [28FE], E244 [5MR], E263 [11MR], E321 [18MR], E585 [3MY], E636 [9MY]

——— impact of Government regulations on manufacturing, H399 [6FE]

——— importance of job creation, H97 [15JA], H464 [13FE], H640 [26FE], H1406 [14MR], H1434 [15MR], H1668, H1669, H1670, H1671, H1677, H1679 [20MR], H1724, H1814 [21MR], H1871, H1873, H1874 [10AP], H1921, H1924 [11AP], H2377 [26AP], H2470–H2475 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2626 [15MY], H2723 [17MY], H2812 [21MY], H2916 [23MY], H3027 [4JN], H3106 [5JN], H3220 [6JN], H3274, H3277 [11JN], H3297, H3299 [12JN], H3368, H3369, H3370, H3371 [13JN], H3671, H3684 [17JN], H4001 [25JN], H4048 [26JN], H4148 [28JN], H4179, H4189, H4200 [8JY], H4223 [9JY], H4830, H4831, H4842–H4848 [22JY], H4987 [24JY], H5099 [30JY], H5273 [1AU], H5352 [2AU], H5418 [9SE], H5441 [10SE], H5481 [11SE], H5532 [12SE], H5658 [19SE], H5808 [25SE], H6189 [3OC], H6418 [9OC], H6466 [10OC], H7265 [20NO], E428 [11AP]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H1343–H1345 [12MR], H1625–H1628 [19MR], H3105 [5JN], H3263 [11JN], H4591 [17JY]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H157 [15JA], H1576 [19MR], H3106 [5JN], H5430 [9SE]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 2821), H4990 [24JY], H5184 [31JY], H5275 [1AU], H5516 [12SE], H5599 [18SE], H5678 [19SE]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, H2168 [23AP]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H158–H160 [15JA], H354 [5FE], H1346, H1347, H1349 [12MR], H1627 [19MR], H1870, H1881, H1882 [10AP], H1919, H1923 [11AP], H1976, H1977 [12AP], H2232–H2235 [23AP], H2473–H2475 [7MY], H2598–H2600 [14MY], H3089–H3093 [4JN], H3275 [11JN], H4504, H4511–H4516 [16JY], H5576–H5578 [17SE], H6212–H6218 [3OC], H6499 [11OC], H6665–H6668 [22OC], H6981–H6983 [12NO], H7245, H7247 [19NO], H7430–H7433 [3DE], H7620–H7626 [10DE], H7696 [12DE]

EPA: impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H5582–H5586 [17SE], H5936 [28SE]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (H.R. 1502), H2034 [16AP], E432 [11AP]

Federal employees: impact of budget sequestration, E1884 [16DE]

GAO: report on implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (H.R. 2630), H4219 [9JY]

Heritage Foundation: release of ‘‘Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer’’ report, H2430 [6MY], H2447 [7MY], H2948–H2951 [23MY], H3246 [6JN], H4209 [8JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H4996, H4997 [24JY], H5183 [31JY], H5369, H5383–H5386 [2AU]

National Commission on Employment and Economic Security: establish (H.R. 3642), E1775 [3DE]

——— establish (H.R. 3651), E1790 [4DE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H318 [4FE], H554 [15FE], H2235–H2242 [23AP], H6667 [22OC], H6981 [12NO]

Nevada: impact of Government shutdown, H6442 [9OC]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H2271 [24AP], H2475 [7MY], H3229 [6JN], H4320 [10JY], H4864 [23JY], H4989 [24JY], H5078 [25JY], H5275 [1AU], H5387 [2AU], H5598 [18SE], H5666 [19SE]

OMB: impact of budget sequestration on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, E287 [13MR]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H1584, H1614, H1615 [19MR], H3006–H3013 [3JN], H3341–H3347 [12JN]

Public welfare programs: restore the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs, H1377 [13MR]

Rates, H1576 [19MR], H4490 [16JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3767 [19JN], H4046 [26JN], H4993 [24JY]

SEC: include assessment of anticipated impact on public or private sector jobs as a result of implementation of any major rule, H2744 [17MY]

Taxation: provide a payroll tax exemption for hiring long-term unemployed individuals (H.R. 3752), E1870 [12DE]

Veterans: reduce unemployment, H2832 [21MY]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 1229), H6936 [30OC]

Remarks in Senate

Benefits: extend unemployment benefits, S8833 [16DE], S8945, S8947 [18DE], S9010 [19DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1747), S8365 [20NO]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1797), S8595–S8597, S8606 [10DE], S8608 [11DE], S8804 [13DE], S8886, S8892 [17DE], S8938, S8946 [18DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1797), unanimous-consent request, S8595 [10DE], S8938 [18DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S8917 [17DE], S8920 [18DE], S9000–S9004, S9020 [19DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent request, S9003, S9004 [19DE]

Budget: prohibit consideration of budget resolution that includes revenue increases while the civilian unemployment rate is above a certain level, S2252 [22MR]

CBO: release of economic impact report on S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S4568, S4571–S4574, S4620 [18JN], S4632, S4656, S4658 [19JN], S4764, S4766, S4783–S4786 [20JN], S4993 [24JN], S5207–S5209, S5213 [26JN], S5345 [27JN]

Commission on Native Children: establish (S. 1622), S7678–S7680 [30OC]

Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus: tribute, S895 [27FE]

Dept. of Defense: improve the Transition Assistance Program (S. 889), S3167 [7MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, S2838 [22AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1284), S6139 [31JY]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions, S6626 [19SE], S7000–S7002 [27SE]

——— analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions and the deficit, S2082 [21MR]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S481, S485 [7FE], S572 [11FE], S598 [12FE], S663, S686–S689 [13FE], S722, S737, S751 [14FE], S798, S800, S803 [25FE], S819–S821, S836–S844, S847 [26FE], S882–S892, S902–S906, S908–S911, S918–S921 [27FE], S960–S970, S992, S1071–S1073 [28FE], S1082 [4MR], S1096, S1099, S1116, S1117 [5MR], S1149 [6MR], S1241, S1242 [7MR], S1678 [12MR], S1933 [19MR], S1975 [20MR], S2511 [10AP], S2819 [22AP], S2858, S2859, S2861, S2878, S2882, S2886, S2888–S2891 [23AP], S2910, S2912, S2917, S2931 [24AP], S2992–S2994 [25AP], S3102–S3104, S3149 [7MY], S3226 [8MY], S3500 [15MY], S3826–S3829 [23MY], S5637, S5639, S5640 [11JY], S5810 [23JY], S5938–S5941 [25JY], S5989 [29JY], S6428 [12SE], S6631 [19SE], S6918 [26SE], S7427, S7428 [12OC], S7517 [16OC], S8557 [9DE], S8945–S8948 [18DE]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S6871 [24SE], S7120 [2OC]

——— importance of job creation, S3233 [8MY], S3286 [9MY], S3499 [15MY], S3733 [22MY], S4077 [11JN], S5600–S5602 [10JY], S5819 [23JY], S5952–S5955 [25JY], S6737, S6862 [24SE], S6912 [26SE], S7138 [2OC], S7855 [6NO], S8625 [11DE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S5810 [23JY], S7441 [13OC], S7495 [15OC], S7712–S7714 [31OC], S7814 [5NO]

——— youth and young adult unemployment rate, S7660 [30OC]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, S7990, S7995, S7996 [13NO]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, S7910 [7NO]

Federal agencies and departments: curb waste, fraud, and abuse, S7381 [10OC]

Federal employees: impact of budget sequestration, S1777 [13MR]

Food industry: impact of budget sequestration on poultry processing and safety inspections, S1683 [12MR]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, S4630, S4631 [19JN]

Immigration: impact of guest worker program expansion on youth employment, S4557 [18JN]

National objectives: economic recovery, S377 [30JA], S412 [31JA], S597 [12FE], S889–S892 [27FE], S2443 [8AP], S5925–S5927 [25JY], S6083–S6085 [31JY], S7977 [13NO], S8041 [14NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S3232 [8MY], S3286 [9MY], S3942 [4JN], S5819–S5821 [23JY], S5852–S5854, S5874 [24JY], S5931, S5952–S5955 [25JY], S6483 [17SE], S6548–S6550, S6580 [18SE], S8737 [12DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S7660 [30OC]

Rates, S3929 [4JN], S5600 [10JY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S8540 [9DE]

Taxation: expand and permanently extend health care tax credit available to laid-off employees receiving trade adjustment assistance and retirees receiving Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., payments (S. 1446), S8989 [19DE]

——— prohibit an increase in tax rates until unemployment is reduced to a certain level, S2245 [22MR]

Unemployment: youth and young adult unemployment rate, S7660 [30OC]

Veterans: reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, S277 [24JA], S924 [27FE]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, S6314–S6316 [10SE]

Reports

Protecting Our Nation From Bad Federal Budget Choices: Coalition on Human Needs, E194 [26FE]

Reports filed

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1284) (S. Rept. 113–71), S5667 [11JY]

Texts of

S. 889, Servicemembers’ Choice in Transition Act, S3167 [7MY]