Those pesky vanishing jobs: President’s summit tackles the jobless recovery
Those pesky vanishing jobs: President’s summit tackles the jobless recovery
The unemployment rate, the most vaunted of the “lagging economic indicators” has now become a political albatross around the necks of President Obama and his fellow Democrats. In an effort to get creative on jobs creation the President will convene a jobs summit this morning, in search of innovative ways that the government can encourage more hiring. But several key groups, including the Chamber of Commerce, failed to get an invite and there are even splits among Democrats about how to best proceed. Can the government build a better job?
Guest:
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA; Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works; member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
Denny Dennis, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation
Jennifer Psaki, Deputy White House Press Secretary
Connie Leyva, president of the California Labor Federation; vice president of the Local 1428 of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union
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Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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