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February 7, 2014

Senate Republicans Block Restoration of Jobless Benefits 
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Senate Republicans have blocked progress on a bill that would have
restored jobless aid to 1.7 million unemployed people who saw their
benefits expire in December. The bid to restore the benefits fell just
one vote shy of passing.

 

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