American Jobs Act

The American Jobs Act is a bill that was proposed by President Barack Obama to a joint session of Congress in September of 2011. The main thrust of the bill was infrastructure spending, including modernizing public schools, hiring construction workers to refurbish foreclosed homes, fixing bridges and roads, as well as creating an infrastructure bank. After working on the bill for a month, it failed to garner the sixty votes it needed to pass in the Senate. The president vowed to break up the bill into its major pieces and ask for a vote on each.

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Since Barack Obama became president of the United States, there has been a drastic uptick in hate groups.

February Black Unemployment Rate Increases Slightly

The overall unemployment rate continued to hover at around 8.3 percent while the Black unemployment rate rose to 14.1 percent from 13.6 in February.

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Here’s where each candidate stands on key issues, from the environment to jobs.

Veterans

Barack Obama: President Obama has pushed for tax credits and other incentives for businesses to hire unemployed veterans in the American Jobs Act and through executive orders. He also is calling for a new conservation program that would put them t...

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The overall unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month to 8.3 percent after a surge of January hiring. For Blacks, the jobless rate finally dipped, falling to 13.6 percent.

American Jobs Act

Following months of challenges from congressional Republicans to show them a jobs plan, President Obama gave them the American Jobs Act. Unsurprisingly, GOP lawmakers then rejected the bill, forcing President Obama to use executive orders to imple...

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