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On Monday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Janet Yellen, the current Federal Reserve vice chairwoman, to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Economy

The week ahead in economics: The gender pay gap, Janet Yellen, unemployment benefits and jobs

Joseph Lawler -

January 6, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama, right, hugs his daughter Sasha as they and Malia, left, return to the White House from their fifteen-day family vacation in Hawaii, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. First lady Michelle Obama stayed behind in Hawaii as a birthday present from her husband. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Economy

White House week ahead: Vacation over, Obama tries to hit reset button

Brian Hughes -

January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told CBS that

Harry Reid: Republicans shouldn’t block unemployment insurance extension

Rebecca Berg -

January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., indicated that he was not necessarily opposed to extending jobless benefits, but said that unemployment insurance needed reform. (AP File)

Economy

Scott Walker: Unemployment benefits, minimum wage push because Obama ‘desperately’ wants to avoid Obamacare

Joseph Lawler -

January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Gene Sperling, the director of President Obama's National Economic Council, pushed for Congress to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation for three months. (AP File)

Economy

Obama adviser Gene Sperling pushes for unemployment benefits extension without offsets

Joseph Lawler -

January 5, 2014 5:00 am

The president voiced support for an emergency three-month extension measure set to hit the Senate floor next week. The bipartisan bill was crafted by Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Dean Heller, R-Nev., and would extend benefits through March.

Economy

Obama: Make jobless benefits ‘first order of business’

Jeremy Barr -

January 4, 2014 5:00 am

Richard Mattos, 59, looks for jobs at a state-run employment center in Salem, Ore., on Dec. 26. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)

Politics

Obama to meet with those who lost unemployment benefits

Brian Hughes -

January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, joined Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., talks to reporters about a measure to extend jobless benefits, at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 19. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Democrats: Expiration of jobless benefits is an emergency like Hurricane Sandy

Joseph Lawler -

January 3, 2014 5:00 am

On a Fox News panel earlier this week, Charles Krauthammer floated a proposal for a two-tiered minimum wage system in which the rate would be raised for individuals who are the breadwinners of their families and remain the same for others. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Charles Krauthammer’s minimum wage proposal is a terrible idea

Philip Klein -

January 2, 2014 5:00 am

Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. (AP/Jim Weber)

Economy

Weekly US unemployment benefit claims fall to 339,000

Christopher Rugaber -

January 2, 2014 5:00 am

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The week ahead in economics: The gender pay gap, Janet Yellen, unemployment benefits and jobs

White House week ahead: Vacation over, Obama tries to hit reset button

Harry Reid: Republicans shouldn’t block unemployment insurance extension

Scott Walker: Unemployment benefits, minimum wage push because Obama ‘desperately’ wants to avoid Obamacare

Obama adviser Gene Sperling pushes for unemployment benefits extension without offsets

Obama: Make jobless benefits ‘first order of business’

Obama to meet with those who lost unemployment benefits

Democrats: Expiration of jobless benefits is an emergency like Hurricane Sandy

Charles Krauthammer’s minimum wage proposal is a terrible idea

Weekly US unemployment benefit claims fall to 339,000

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