President Joe Biden said on Friday that fresh data showing weakness in the U.S. jobs market proves the need for aggressive action by Congress on a coronavirus relief bill. Meeting with top Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives at the White House, Biden said the United States would not return to full employment at the current jobs-creation pace for ten years, underscoring the need for lawmakers to act.
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