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That archetypal female who is both a career woman and a housewife — whose to-do list spans cooking, cleaning, parenting and earning a substantial paycheck — isn’t doing families any favors.

Washington, D.C. — Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the May 2021 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Today’s jobs numbers show that the effects of the American Rescue Plan and President Joe Biden’s vaccination program are helping Americans get back to work. While the increase […]

Unaffordable child care isn’t just crushing families — it’s fundamentally hurting our economic growth and competitiveness.

Exclusive: Pandemic Could Cost Typical American Woman Nearly $600,000 in Lifetime Income By Emily Peck Photo Illustration by Newsweek; Source Images Getty New signs of the nations expanding recovery from the pandemic crop up every day, but for millions of women in the U.S. the economic punch of COVID may never be over. Long after the face masks have been tucked away and the kids are back in school full-time, after offices reopen, jobs are regained and life returns to some semblance of normal...

Disappointing jobs numbers stiffen GOP resistance to Biden’s infra package WASHINGTON, May 17, (AP): President Joe Biden insists an unexpected slowdown in companies’ hiring is clear new proof the U.S. needs the multitrillion-dollar federal boost he’s pushing. But his sales effort is challenged by

Republican lawmakers are blaming disappointing jobs numbers on unemployment benefits they claim incentivize employees to avoid returning to work — all while ignoring pleas for a higher minimum wage that might solve the supposed problem. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated on Friday that employers added 266,000 jobs in April — significantly less growth than the previous month — with the unemployment rate remaining almost unchanged at 6.1 percent. Though administration officia...

Weak US jobs report stirs tensions ahead of talks on new spending James Politi Share Washington | A weak US jobs report has amplified political tensions ahead of bipartisan talks between the White House and lawmakers next week on Joe Biden’s next multitrillion-dollar economic plans, further complicating the path to an agreement. Following the release of data on Friday (Saturday AEST) showing that the pace of hiring in the US economy had fallen from 770,000 in March to 226,000 in April, Mr Bid...

Weak jobs report spurs new arguments over big fed spending JOSH BOAK, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9President Joe Biden speaks about the April jobs report in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 7, 2021, in Washington.Patrick Semansky/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9A tractor trailer rig pulls into a terminal for a trucking company that has a $10,000 hiring bonus offer posted on a trailer at their facility in Harmony, Pa., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. A bill by Pennsylva...

BREITBART 9 May 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden insists an unexpected slowdown in companies’ hiring is clear new proof the U.S. needs the multitrillion-dollar federal boost he’s pushing. But his sales effort is challenged by critics who say Friday’s jobless figures show his earlier aid legislation — successfully rushed through Congress — is actually doing more harm than good. Biden’s promised economic comeback hardly stalled on Friday. But it seemed to sputter a bit wit...

Associated Press President Joe Biden speaks about the April jobs report in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 7, 2021, in Washington. President Joe Biden’s promised economic comeback hit a speed bump Friday with the April jobs report, which found modest job gains of 266,000 that complicated his $4 trillion push on infrastructure, education and children. The employment report failed to show that the U.S. economy was accelerating forward, so much as it appeared to be stutter-steppi...