The U.S. economy continues to lose jobs as the government reports Friday morning that 95,000 positions were cut from the nation’s payrolls.

While large portions of the East Coast breathed a sigh of relief as Hurricane Earl lost strength overnight, another storm, this one economic, was also less damaging than expected.

The president signed the bill hours after it was approved by the House.

The Senate voted 60-40 Tuesday to end a filibuster on a bill that would extend unemployment benefits.

Speaking at the Rose Garden on Monday, President Barack Obama urged Congress to take action on legislation that would extend jobless benefits for millions of Americans.

For the first time this year, the economy lost jobs largely as a result of 2010 census workers losing those temporary jobs in June.

According to the latest report from the U.S. Labor Department, 13,000 more jobless claims were filed in the last week of June, bringing the total number of claims filed this past week to 472,000.

The Labor Department released new jobs numbers on Friday that revealed a spike in temporary employment in May, and a lag in private sector hiring

Senator Jim Bunning, Republican of Kentucky, has decided to lift his opposition to a bill that would extend unemployment benefits and fund highway projects.