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edition.cnn.com - 11/22/2008

Bush signs bill to extend jobless benefits

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The Senate passed a bill Thursday that extends unemployment benefits.

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news.yahoo.com - 11/21/2008

Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink - Yahoo! News

— news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out. ... (more) Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink - Yahoo! News

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bobgeiger.blogspot.com - 11/21/2008

BobGeiger.com: Six Republicans Who Wanted To Kill Extending Jobless Benefits

— bobgeiger.blogspot.com — In one of the best Senate-floor speeches I ever heard Ted Kennedy (D-MA) give, he brutalized Senate Republicans for continuing to block the first increase in the minimum wage in almost a decade and roared to the other side of the aisle "What is it ... (more) BobGeiger.com: Six Republicans Who Wanted To Kill ...

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chicagobreakingnews.com - 11/20/2008

Jobless claims hit 16-year high

— chicagobreakingnews.com — The government said new applications for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 from a downwardly revised figure of 515,000 in the previous week. That's much higher than Wall Street economists' expectations of 505,000, according to a ... (more) Jobless claims hit 16-year high

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Chambliss Skips Vote On Unemployment Benefits While Giving A Campaign Speech On Unemployment
Think Progress — ... However, Chambliss was so busy campaigning that day that he actually skipped the Senate’s vote on the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, which extended unemployment benefits “by 13 weeks in states with an unemployment rate of at least 6 percent.” Chambliss was ...

Chambliss Skips Vote On Unemployment Benefits While Giving A Campaign Speech On Unemployment
The Hollywood Liberal — ... : It’s imperative that we continue down the road of putting liquidity, integrity and confidence back in the financial marketplace so that we can see the credit market free up and people having the ability to borrow money to to operate and expand their businesses. However, Chambliss was so busy campaigning that day that he actually skipped the Senate’s vote on the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, which extended unemployment benefits “ by 13 weeks in states with an unemployment rate of at least 6 percent.” Chambliss was ...