A temporary solution to the job drought: work for the Census, Senators say

WASHINGTON, DC—As the U.S. Census Bureau begins to fill over 1 million new jobs ahead of next year’s nationwide head-count, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Mark Begich (D-AK), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) urged the Obama administration Wednesday to give a hiring preference to out-of-work Americans and to actively recruit these individuals at unemployment offices across the country.