Job growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 appears more robust than it was in the middle of 2010, according to the November edition of the monthly state-by-state report released by the JEC today.
Nov 18 2010
JEC Report Shows Extending Unemployment Insurance Benefits Program Critical to Economic Recovery
A new report by the JEC finds that prematurely ending the federal unemployment insurance benefits program would drain the economy of $80 billion in purchasing power and result in the loss of over one million jobs over the next year.
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chair of the JEC, released the following statement about the October jobs report showing that while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6 percent, 151,000 total nonfarm jobs were added.
A new JEC report finds that Social Security accounts for more than two-thirds of all income for women aged 65 and over, and that any efforts to tinker with this program could have a dramatic impact on retired women who rely on Social Security benefits to make ends meet.
Oct 20 2010
JEC Report Shows Republican Proposals Weaken Social Security Guarantees & Cut Benefits for Many Americans
A JEC new report finds that Social Security privatization proposals put forth by Republican lawmakers would result in benefit cuts for middle-income workers, jeopardize the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund and undermine the program’s ability to keep millions of Americans from living in poverty.
Sep 28 2010
New GAO Report on Gender Pay Gap for Women in Management and Working Mothers at JEC Hearing
The GAO today released a report requested by Representative Carolyn Maloney, Chair of the JEC, updating the groundbreaking 2001 report on women and management.
Sep 22 2010
JEC Releases State-by-State Economic Snapshots
The JEC released its monthly state-by-state report today, showing that the recovery, while uneven from state to state and across different sectors, continued in August, with seventeen states experiencing private sector job growth during the month.
Today, the JEC released a fact sheet on the U.S. Census Bureau’s report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in 2009 which sheds new light on the toll of the Great Recession on America’s families.