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On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
I ask the majority, at this point in time what are we waiting for? What are the Senate Republicans now demanding to stop their filibuster of providing unemployment benefits to 1.4 million people across America?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jan 15, 2014

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