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House Sends Jobless Benefits Bill to Bush

NPR
Published January 8, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The House passes a measure to provide additional unemployment benefits to jobless Americans. The bill offers another five months of federal unemployment benefits. The bill is on its way to President Bush, who had urged Congress to act quickly to extend benefits. NPR News reports.

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