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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 officials say there is no evidence of a connection, Republican lawmakers were quick to blame this slowdown ...

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 Biden called on Congress to act quickly to approve additional economic legislation beyond the $US1.9 tr...

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 Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature to reinstate work-search requirements for people claiming un...

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 with a report that found merely modest April job gains of 266,000 and complicated his new $4 trillion p...

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-stepping along as the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1%. Economists had projected roughly one million ad...