I have a chart given me by my staff that says in my home State of Illinois--and the State of the Presiding Officer--137,600 people in Illinois have had their unemployment benefits cut off because of the filibusters on the Republican side, and our numbers show 104,000 people in Senator Stabenow's State of Michigan.
Senator Durbin discusses the impact of Republican filibusters on unemployment benefits in Illinois and Michigan.
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