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House to Vote on Stand-Alone Unemployment Insurance Bill Today

June 29, 2010 - by Donny Shaw

The House of Representatives this afternoon is scheduled to pass, under the expedited suspension of the rules procedure, a new, stand-alone bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits. The bill is H.R. 5618, the "Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010." It was introduced yesterday by Rep. Jim McDermott [D, WA-7] and has one co-sponsor -- the powerful House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12].

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