Senate rejects extended unemployment benefits

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: May 12, 2004 | Copyright information

Senate rejects extended unemployment benefits

Bill proposed 13 extra weeks of federal aid

Associated Press

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Washington -- The Senate, by a single vote, rejected an election- year effort Tuesday to extend federal unemployment benefits.

Democrats tried to attach the benefit to a corporate tax bill. On a 59-40 vote in the GOP-controlled Senate, they fell just shy of the 60 votes needed to overcome objections that extending the benefits vio...

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