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Republican Reaction to Feb. 5, 2016 Monthly Jobs Report

On Jan. 8, 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly employment report for December 2009. On that date, Republican RNC Chairman Michael Steele had this to say when the unemployment rate was at 10%:  “‘More than 2.8 million Americans have lost their jobs since the stimulus passed, and the national unemployment rate remains at 10 percent. The American economy…