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April 16, 2010

Obama Signs Jobless Benefits Bill After Dems Overcome GOP Filibuster
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President Obama has signed a jobless benefit bill into law after
congressional Democrats overcame a Republican filibuster to approve it.
The measure restores unemployment insurance and COBRA health insurance
subsidies for the unemployed through next month. More than 200,000
unemployed workers have been denied the benefits because Republican
Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma was able to delay the bill before the
two-week Easter recess. On Thursday, three Republicans joined Senate
Democrats to break the deadlock and approve the bill by a vote of 59 to
38. The House quickly followed with a 289-to-112 vote for the bill’s
passage.



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