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** FILE ** In this Jan. 25, 2012, file photo Delisa Scales touches up locks inside Master Lock in Milwaukee, Wis. President Barack Obama will try to use his visit to Master Lock Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, to show how the economy is improving and companies are growing jobs in the United States instead of shipping them overseas, but the success story hasn't translated across Wisconsin, which has lost private sector jobs each of the past six months. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
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** FILE ** President Obama speaks at the Old Executive Office Building on Tuesday to urge Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year. (Associated Press)
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Employees of Cincinnati Recycling move a tub of wires brought in by a customer into their processing facility in Cincinnati. The city is considering a measure to curb thefts of scrap metal, but that could hurt so-called “scrappers.” (Cincinnati Enquirer via Associated Press)
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President Obama pushes Congress to extend the payroll-tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year during a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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** FILE ** Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, to criticize President Barack Obama for insisting that employers must provide health insurance that includes birth control for women. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Commuters wait for the first train after a five-hour work stoppage by urban rail workers, as all other public transport employees are on a 48-hour strike, in Athens on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)
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Los Angeles Unified School District administrators, counselors and new teachers gather Feb. 8, 2012, at the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles. Allegations of teacher lewd behavior comes as school district administrators move to replace the entire staff at the school while two teachers arrested last week are investigated. (Associated Press)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is running for his former job as president, addresses a conference of the Union of Industrialists in Moscow on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Job hunters wait in line to enter an employment event for Safeway in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, says President Obama must be ousted in the next election because of government overreach, such as in higher education. (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)
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Workers at the Three World Trade Center construction site in New York maneuver steel bars on Feb. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)
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An ad telecast during the Super Bowl for the Employee Rights Act was shown in the D.C. market. The spot featured auto-shop workers complaining about union dues and questioning each other about why they joined the union. (Center for Union Facts)
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An unidentified man gets assistance from a staff member at the Department of Employment Services office on Minnesota Avenue NE in Washington, D.C., Monday, February 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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Park maintenance employees wait across K Street in hazmat suits for police to clear sections of the Occupy encampment in McPherson Square, Washington, D.C., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** This photo from Dec. 13, 2011, shows workers inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** This Jan. 12, 2012, photo shows people waiting in line at a job fair employer hiring event for Safeway in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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In this Jan. 28, 2012 photo. job seekers Cameo Taylor, left, and Angelique McGuire, center, both of San Francisco, wait in line to register at a Career Fair event in San Francisco. The number of people seeking unemployment aid fell last week, a sign that companies are cutting fewer jobs and likely stepping up hiring. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Montana Democrat (left), and Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, confer during a meeting of the payroll-tax conferees Wednesday. Partisan debate on conditions to add to the federal unemployment benefits program threatens to bog down negotiations on extending the payroll-tax break. (Associated Press)
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American Airlines baggage handlers help passengers check luggage Wednesday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. American's corporate leadership is having closed-door meetings with union representatives about the future of employees' jobs and pensions. (Associated Press)
