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11/16/10

This is it. A vote will happen TOMORROW (Wednesday) on the Paycheck Fairness Act--and it's going to be a close one. Many Senators say they're still deciding which way to vote! So we're sending clam-o-grams, making calls, sending letters, meeting in-person with elected leaders to share our real...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

11/16/10

It's November and the holidays are fast approaching. But will out of work families be left out in the cold? On November 30, federal unemployment insurance is set to expire. Yet millions of families are relying on extended federal unemployment insurance to stay afloat financially. MomsRising members...

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Donna Norton

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

11/16/10

Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) was founded in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt and other liberal luminaries in order to protect the legacy of her husband, the recently-deceased President Franklin Roosevelt, a legacy that included unemployment insurance (UI). That legacy was under attack by a...

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Michael J. Wilson

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

11/16/10

I was laid off from my job about three months ago. Unemployment today is unlike anything I have experienced in my lifetime. First of all, it was completely unexpected. Another major adjustment was to get used to a check of $494 biweekly and $25 worth of food stamps per month. Unfortunately, since I...

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T R

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

11/16/10

by Jasmine Tucker The unemployment situation is dire, especially among those who have been jobless for an extended period of time. Unfortunately, the situation is not likely to get better any time soon—national unemployment in October was above nine percent for the 18th consecutive month and is...

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Thao Nguyen

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

11/16/10

The loss of my husband's job could not have come at a worst time for us. I work part-time at a supermarket, and the way the economy is my hours were further cut. The unemployment checks we received helped a great deal, and we were able to survive. But our nightmare began after the year was up, and...

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Elisanta Batista

Families & The Federal Budget Blog Carnivals

11/16/10

This time of year, many are planning their Thanksgiving menu and visits with family over the holidays and New Year. But a huge number of Americans are facing a much colder holiday season. Unless Congress acts now, two million workers will find it difficult to even put food on the table once their...

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Elizabeth Lower-Basch

11/16/10

With great joy and excitement I am preparing my home for the Thanksgiving holiday. I am thankful for countless blessings. My son David and his family will be here. My sisters and their husbands will join us to celebrate. While I go through my shopping list, my mind races to the images of people,...

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Luz Villafana

Families & The Federal Budget

11/16/10

As if it hasn’t already done enough, the Great Recession has effectively ruined the first Friday of every month. Why? This is the day each month that the U.S. Department of Labor releases the nation’s unemployment rate. And it probably doesn’t require much explanation that for the past two years,...

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Megan Curran

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Blog Carnivals

11/16/10

This Halloween, we asked MomsRising members to share their stories of the scary job market and the response was, indeed, frightening. We received over a hundred stories from all across the country sharing the trauma of not being able to find work during a time in which there's only one job opening...

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Donna Norton