Barack Obama: “We should never have taken an abrupt step backwards by cutting off…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2014

We should never have taken an abrupt step backwards by cutting off their unemployment insurance.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Fact Sheet: Opportunity For All - The President's Call to Action to Give the Long-Term Unemployed a Fair Shot

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Barack Obama: “We should never have taken an abrupt step backwards by cutting off their unemployment insurance.”