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Dan Kildee: Congress has failed to extend emergency unemployment benefits that could affect--is affecting 1.3 million, could go up…

On the recordJanuary 8, 2014
Congress has failed to extend emergency unemployment benefits that could affect--is affecting 1.3 million, could go up to 2 million people sometime in March.
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Dan Kildee
Democratic · Michigan

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Kildee criticizes Congress for not extending unemployment benefits for struggling Americans.

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