US Chamber of Commerce calls for ending $300 federal unemployment bonus

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The disappointing April jobs report prompted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today to call for an end to the $300 federal bonus in weekly unemployment checks, suggesting it discourages the unemployed from taking new jobs, USA Today reports.  The economy added just 266,000 jobs last month, well below the 995,000 economists had forecast, according to

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