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Texas Governor Perry, a possible Republican candidate for 2016 presidential race, talks several participants at business leaders luncheon in Portsmouth — Jobs, Election 2016

Perry says jobless rate has been 'doctored'

By Steve Benen, The Rachel Maddow Show

When reality is the enemy, you're doing it wrong.

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A "Help Wanted" sign is posted in the window of an automotive service shop on March 8, 2013 in El Cerrito, California. — Rachel Maddow

Putting the GOP line on jobless aid to...

File Photo: Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File) — Rachel Maddow

Sandoval steps up on jobless aid

Debbie Jurcak, a mother of three, works on an application for state aid at her apartment in Aurora, Ill. Jurcak, 43, was among many Americans who lost unemployment benefits in late December.

For the unemployed, too, the tax man cometh

Rachel Maddow

How not to argue about jobless benefits

Ronan Farrow on set, Feb. 27, 2014. — Ronan Farrow Daily

Poll: Your Top Underreported Story

Ronan Farrow Daily

Poll: Underreported Stories

Job seekers wait in line to meet with employers at the 25th Annual CUNY big Apple Job and Internship Fair at the Jacob Javits Convention Center on April 26, 2013 in New York, NY. — Rachel Maddow

House GOP poised to let jobless aid 'come...

Potential job seekers speak with employers at a job fair in New York, New York, November 20, 2013.. — Rachel Maddow

Jobless aid bill shifts from Senate to House

Employment Seekers Attend Job Fair In Washington DC

Senate jobless bill could be dead on arrival

About 1,500 people seeking employment wait in line to enter a job fair at the Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, March 28, 2014 in Washington, D.C. — Rachel Maddow

Jobless aid stuck in a GOP blind spot

An unemployment crisis in black America — Ronan Farrow Daily

An unemployment crisis in black America

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) (R) hold a news conference with unemployed Americans, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 16, 2014. — Rachel Maddow

Senate advances jobless bill, faces House...

Renee Brooks looks out of the window in her home in District Heights, Maryland.

Unemployed, and heading toward foreclosure

Ronan Farrow Daily

Poll: Your Top Underreported Story

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to reporters after the House GOP Conference meeting on Capitol Hill on Jan. 8, 2014.

John Boehner takes a page out of 'Catch-22'

An unidentified woman at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. on Jan. 22, 2013.

What happens to the long-term unemployed?

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) (R) hold a news conference with unemployed Americans, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 16, 2014. — Rachel Maddow

Boehner rejects 'bipartisan breakthrough'...

Melissa Harris-Perry

Dear Paul Ryan: Urban plight isn't 'cultural'

Attendees wait in line to speak with a prospective employer at a job fair on March 8, 2014. — Rachel Maddow

House Republicans balk at jobless aid

Senate negotiates unemployment insurance bill — Daily Rundown

Senate negotiates unemployment insurance bill

The U.S. Capitol building is seen Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, in Washington. — Rachel Maddow

'Bipartisan breakthrough' on jobless aid

Senate breakthrough on unemployment benefits? — NOW

Senate breakthrough on unemployment benefits?

People use computers at a job fair in Detroit, Mich. on March 1, 2014.

The Senate's unemployment breakthrough

A man fills out paperwork before a screening session for seasonal jobs at Coney Island, March 4, 2014, in Brooklyn, NY.

How ending jobless benefits hurts the economy

Curtis Parks stands outside The Corner Store, which he runs, on Hackett St. in Greenwood, S.C. on Sept. 28, 2012.

Washington's silence on the racial wealth gap

Poll: Should Congress extend benefits?

People fill out application forms before a screening session for seasonal jobs at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York on March 4, 2014.

Last call for unemployment benefits

People attend a job fair in Detroit, Michigan, Mar. 1, 2014.

GOP tough love isn't inspiring the unemployed

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