On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
the Republican insistence on blocking even a paid-for unemployment insurance extension is costing this country a 0.2 percent GDP growth and is costing--will cost 200,000 jobs if it is not resolved.
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Whitehouse criticizes Republicans for blocking unemployment benefits, linking it to economic losses.
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