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• Latest Action: May 27, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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• Committee Assignment: House Education and Labor

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• Committee Assignment: House Ways and Means

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• Committee Assignment: House Education and Labor - Workforce Protections

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• Committee Assignment: House Ways and Means - Income Security and Family Support

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• This bill is designed to ensure full employment (4% unemployment rate) after 10 years. It sets a series of unemployment targets that, if not met, would trigger the disbursement of funds from a "National Full Employment Trust Fund," which would be made up of revenue from a new financial transactions tax on financial corporations. The funds would be used for a direct jobs program that would immediately place unemployed people in public, non-profit and small business jobs in areas hardest hit by unemployment.

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  Here's a summary from OpenCongress.org: This bill is designed to ensure full employment (4% unemployment rate) after 10 years. It sets a series of unemployment targets that, if not met, would trigger the disbursement of funds from a "National Full Employment Trust Fund," which would be made up of revenue from a new financial transactions tax on financial corporations. The funds would be used for a direct jobs program that would immediately place unemployed people in public, non-profit and small business jobs in areas hardest hit by unemployment.

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• New Ground 133: November – December, 2010 | New Ground - November 28, 2010 by New Ground - John Conyers has a good piece of legislation to be reintroduced after the first of the year (currently HR 5204); Elizabeth Warren has already said she wants to work with and support the 50—yes, all 50—state Attorney Generals who are ...

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  As noted by New Ground on November 28, 2010, "John Conyers has a good piece of legislation to be reintroduced after the first of the year (currently HR 5204); Elizabeth Warren has already said she wants to work with and support the 50—yes, all 50—state Attorney Generals who are ..." (http://chicagodsa.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/new-ground-133-november-december-2010/)
• Jobs Coalition plans to grab political attention by Fox Valley ... - November 23, 2010 by Fox Valley Labor News - Bill Barclay explained provisions of HR 5204, called the 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act, which was introduced May 4 by U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI). The bill calls for a tax on Wall Street financial ...

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  As noted by Fox Valley Labor News on November 23, 2010, "Bill Barclay explained provisions of HR 5204, called the 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act, which was introduced May 4 by U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-MI). The bill calls for a tax on Wall Street financial ..." (http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=957)
• AMASSECO: U.S Green Laws Advocate! - November 17, 2010 by AMASSECO - It also demands Congress pass three bills: HR 4812, The Local Jobs for America Act; HR 5204, The 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act; and S. 3706, the Americans Want Work Act. Here's Hurley talking about the mixture of . ...

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  As noted by AMASSECO on November 17, 2010, "It also demands Congress pass three bills: HR 4812, The Local Jobs for America Act; HR 5204, The 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act; and S. 3706, the Americans Want Work Act. Here's Hurley talking about the mixture of . ..." (http://httpsdocsgooglecomdociddgbn5c.blogspot.com/2010/11/us-green-laws-advocate_18.html)

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