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On the recordJuly 14, 2010
Republicans, sadly, apologized to BP and call Wall Street reform an ant being hated by the U.S. Government. Meanwhile, they continue to say ``no'' to Democratic Party attempts to extend unemployment insurance benefits for the next 6 months. They're calling these benefits an ``entitlement'' and say that they're being abused by folks who can't find a job. And this despite an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office suggesting that extending unemployment benefits is the most cost-effective and fast-acting way to spur the economy. Congressional Republicans support the special interests that benefited from George Bush policies and created the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. A decade of Republican rule nearly doubled our national debt. Why would we go back to that? ____________________
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

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