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Congress in recent years passed a number of bills intended in part to jump-start a recovery in the labor market from the recession that began in Dec. 2007. Policymakers are interested in how employment has responded to stimulus measures to determine how effective the legislation has been and to decide whether additional job creation legislation is warranted. One way to assess the extent of recovery in the labor market is to compare employment data from the end of the recession in June 2009 with more recent data gathered in surveys that the government regularly conducts. This report examines the change in the number of jobs over the June 2009-August 2010 period. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.