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On the recordJune 29, 2010
Then we are still at loggerheads because unemployment compensation has been offered as emergency spending throughout this recession, and now I am not sure where the Senator's pay-fors would come from, but that creates a problem.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jun 29, 2010

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Senator Durbin discusses the challenges surrounding unemployment compensation during the recession.

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