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On the recordJanuary 8, 2009
We're now the second highest in new unemployment claims, and paid $60 million in claims last month--compared to $27 million in December 2007.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin reports on the rising unemployment claims in Iowa.

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