So here are our job Hopium numbers.... now I get it...

3 million Americans now without unemployment benefits due to congressional gridlock - The Washington Post

The number of Americans who would qualify for federal long-term unemployment benefits -- a program Congress allowed to expire in December -- has now hit 3 million, according to Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee.
The 3 million mark comes months after the Senate passed a bipartisan deal that would have restored federally-provided long-term unemployment benefits, but that bill was never taken up for a vote in the GOP-controlled House.

 
And this

Reid Doubts Unemployment Extension Will Come Up in Highway Bill Debate | The World's Greatest Deliberative Body

 He signaled that he did not think extraneous items would be attached to the must-pass bill, regardless of which version advances. ”I doubt it” Reid said when asked if an unemployment insurance extension would be a piece of the Senate’s highway bill debate.

So have those 3 million found jobs? The game is clear 3 million falling off the Government ( State ) roll...no longer accounted for. This brings the BLS data  into context and up for debate for sure.