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Maria Cantwell: while there were 58 votes--a majority voted for this amendment--we will come back to address this again and again…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2004
while there were 58 votes--a majority voted for this amendment--we will come back to address this again and again because we are going to see job growth is not happening at the pace people believe. While we have postponed it today, thinking the UI trust fund is not being used as part of our deficit, the UI trust fund should go to these unemployed workers. We will be back to debate this issue again.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the need for continued debate on unemployment insurance and job growth.

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