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Vice President Biden Urges Congressional Help for Jobless

   VOA News 04 December 2010
   US Vice President Joe Biden (file photo)

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   US Vice President Joe Biden (file photo)

   U.S.  Vice President Joe Biden is urging Congress to extend tax breaks
   to the middle class before they expire at the end of the month.
   The House of Representatives has already approved the measure, but the
   Senate has yet to take action.
   Biden  filled  in  for  President  Barack  Obama  on Saturday's weekly
   address while the president returns from Afghanistan.
   The  vice president also said in the address Congress needs to approve
   an  extension  of unemployment benefits to millions of American before
   the legislators leave for the upcoming holiday break.
   In  the  Republican  address, Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois called for
   bipartisan solutions to cut federal spending.
   Senator  Kirk  also said Congress should reject the tax increases that
   go  into  effect January 1, saying the American people want Washington
   to tax, spend and borrow less.

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