Call for Restored Benefits
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From the Left
Obama Calls For Restoring Unemployment BenefitsPresident Barack Obama is urging Congress to reinstate jobless benefits for more than a million Americans.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the unemployment insurance is a "vital economic lifeline" for many people. And he says failure to reinstate the benefits will cause the economy to slow for all Americans.
From the Left
New year, same old fight over jobless benefitsCongress will start the new year with an old fight: whether to extend jobless benefits for 1.3 million long-term unemployed.
They expired last week when lawmakers failed to continue a 2008 recession-era federal law providing nearly a year of benefits, paid for by U.S. taxpayers, that kicked in when state jobless benefits ran out.
Democrats argue the program is needed to sustain economic recovery and offer a lifeline to those struggling to keep their head above water financially.
From the Right
Obama to GOP: Make it your new year’s resolution to restore jobless benefitsAs he prepares to return to Washington, President Obama has made clear his immediate priority in 2014 is to sign into law an extension of long-term jobless benefits, and on Saturday he suggested Republicans make it their “New Year’s resolution” to support that effort.
“For decades, Republicans and Democrats have put partisanship and ideology aside to offer some security for job-seekers,” Mr. Obama said in his weekly address. “Instead of punishing families who can least afford it, Republicans should make it their New Year’s resolution to do the right...
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