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President Obama presenting the American Jobs Act to Congress The American Jobs Act ( S. 1549 ) (H. Doc. 112-53) [ 1 ] and (H.R. 12) [ 2 ] was the informal name for a pair of bills recommended by U.S. President Barack Obama in a nationally televised address [ 3 ] to a joint session of Congress on September 8, 2011. [ 4 ]
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) wrote in March 2009: "Small business employment rose by an average of 2.3 percent (756,000 jobs) per year during the Clinton years, when tax rates for high-income filers were set at very similar levels to those that would be reinstated under President Obama's budget. But during the Bush years ...
When the peak pandemic period (April 2020 to October 2021) is excluded, Black unemployment averaged 5.86 percent under Biden and 6.65 percent under Trump. Black homeownership averaged 42.2 percent ...
Obama presents his first weekly address as President of the United States on January 24, 2009, discussing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Job Growth by U.S. president, measured as cumulative percentage change from month after inauguration to end of term. 2016 was the first year U.S. real (inflation-adjusted) median household income surpassed 1999 levels.
"The economy is not in recovery," Mitt Romney said at a pre-debate rally in Denver. "We're not seeing the real recovery. The president's policies have not worked. He doesn't get that. He doesn't ...
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In 2016, the unemployment rate was 3.8% for Asians, 4.6% for non-Hispanic whites, 6.1% for Hispanics, and 9.0% for Blacks, all over the age of 16. [7] In terms of unemployment, it can be seen that there are two-tiers: relatively low unemployment for Asians and whites, relatively high unemployment for Hispanics and Blacks.
Jim Watson/AFP/Getty ImagesCEOs meet at the White House The news this past Friday was that the unemployment rate has dropped to 6.6 percent. Meanwhile, 1.7 million Americans are impacted by the ...