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Emergency Unemployment Extension Overcomes Key Hurdle

Senator Merkley helped reach bipartisan agreement that the Senate is expected to pass in coming days

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014.  Today, the recent bipartisan agreement on an extension of emergency unemployment insurance passed a key hurdle in the U.S. Senate, with 65 Senators voting to move ahead on the bill. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley was among the 10 Senators – five leading Democrats and five leading Republicans – who brought forward the agreement several weeks ago,…

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