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On the recordMarch 7, 2012
We must immediately address the chronically unemployed who have grown by 441% since 2008 by providing them with the emergency funding to extend, not cut, Unemployment Insurance to those who have exhausted their benefits.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Calls for emergency funding for the unemployed amid rising joblessness.

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