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April 13, 2010

Senate Moves Toward Restoring Jobless Benefits
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The Senate has cleared a hurdle to restoring jobless benefits that
expired last week. On Monday, the Senate voted 60 to 34 to proceed on
taking up a measure that would extend unemployment insurance and COBRA
health insurance subsidies for the unemployed. More than 200,000
unemployed workers have been denied unemployment insurance benefits
because Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma was able to delay the
bill before the two-week Easter recess.



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