Unemployment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s…
Read More (Brady Statement on December Jobs Report)WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the November jobs…
Read More (Chairman Brady Statement on November Jobs Report)Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Reduce Unemployment Like They Promised. The unemployment rate continues to be significantly higher than Democrats…
Read More (Reason #15: Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Reduce Unemployment Like They Promised)Invisible Unemployment Remains Above 10 Percent for 59 Straight Months. Although the unemployment rate has fallen, when combined with those…
Read More (Reason #10: Invisible Unemployment Remains above 10 Percent for 59 Straight Months)Far More Adults Have Left the Workforce Than Found New Jobs. Under the Obama Administration, the ratio of adults in…
Read More (Reason #9: Far More Adults Have Left the Workforce Than Found New Jobs)Men in Their Prime Working Years Are Not Working. Millions of men in their prime working years are unemployed or…
Read More (Reason #8: Men in Their Prime Working Years Are Not Working)The Unemployment Rate for African-Americans Is More Than Twice the Rate for Whites. Unemployment continues to disproportionately impact the African-American…
Read More (Reason #7: The Unemployment Rate for African-Americans Is More Than Twice the Rate for Whites)Record Number of Americans Are Not Working. A record number of people are unemployed or have left the workforce….
Read More (Reason #5: Record Number of Americans Are Not Working)Worst “Recovery” Ever for Long-Term Unemployed. In no other recession were there this many long-term unemployed. Source: Calculated Risk Blog….
Read More (Reason #3: Worst “Recovery” Ever for Long-Term Unemployed)