Reason #5: Record Number of Americans Are Not Working

Why Senate Democrats Should Act on 40 House-Passed Jobs Bills
June 24, 2014 — The Jobs Search   
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Record Number of Americans Are Not Working.  A record number of people are unemployed or have left the workforce.

 
 

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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As introduced on June 17, 2014, Ways and Means Chairman Camp is listing 40 reasons for the Senate to pass the 40 jobs bills the House has already approved.  The reasons define the distress Americans continue to feel in the “new normal” of high unemployment and weak job creation resulting from Obama Administration economic policies. 

View the prior reasons here.

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