Fortunately, in February a number of our Republican colleagues, after a great deal of foot dragging and creating an unnecessary crisis for too many of our families, joined with us as Democrats in maintaining emergency unemployment benefits throughout the rest of 2012.
Doggett acknowledges bipartisan support for extending unemployment benefits despite previous delays.
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