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GOP Does Not Extend Jobless Benefits
Mon Dec 8, 3:11 PM ET
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By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Citing the improving economy, Republicans decided Monday against extending federal unemployment benefits before Congress leaves for the year. Democrats said it would mean a joyless Christmas for tens of thousands of jobless Americans.
"It's almost inconceivable to me that Republican leaders are poised to play the Grinch again," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California.
Democrats raised the benefits issue Monday in a vain effort to block a vote on a $373 billion spending bill for the 2004 budget year, the House's final major act before it ends this congressional session.
Federal unemployment benefits, which supplement state payments to the jobless, have been extended three times since March 2002. Without legislative action,...
Politics - U. S. Congress
GOP Does Not Extend Jobless Benefits
Mon Dec 8, 3:11 PM ET
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Citing the improving economy, Republicans decided Monday against extending federal unemployment benefits before Congress leaves for the year. Democrats said it would mean a joyless Christmas for tens of thousands of jobless Americans.
"It's almost inconceivable to me that Republican leaders are poised to play the Grinch again," said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California.
Democrats raised the benefits issue Monday in a vain effort to block a vote on a $373 billion spending bill for the 2004 budget year, the House's final major act before it ends this congressional session.
Federal unemployment benefits, which supplement state payments to the jobless, have been extended three times since March 2002. Without legislative action,...
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