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(WASHINGTON, DC)– Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Financial Services Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, reminds constituents of the 6th Congressional District that Friday, July 30th is the deadline to be counted in the 2010 Census.

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(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Financial Services Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, joined President Obama for the signing of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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(WASHINGTON, DC)–Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-6) released the following statement in regards to the Senate passage of Wall Street Reform bill:

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• For the week ended July 3, initial claims for unemployment insurance fell by 21,000 to 454,000 – a larger drop than expected. The four-week moving average of continued unemployment insurance claims is 4.554 million, down 70,000 from four weeks earlier. [Labor]

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• The private sector created 83,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 9.5%. This is the sixth straight month of job growth in the private sector. The fall in total employment reflected a decrease in temporary Census jobs. [BLS]

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