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Murkowski Supports Unemployment Benefit Extension Debate

Press Release

Date: Jan. 7, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Entitlements and the Safety Net

Senator: Compassion Needed to Help Americans Deal with Economic Failures

Senator Lisa Murkowski today voted to proceed to a debate on S.1845, the Unemployment Insurance Extension Bill, sharing her thought process with Alaskans:

"It is important that we have compassion for those Americans caught up in the administration's economic policy failures -- particularly during the more difficult winter months -- but these extensions cannot be unlimited.

"Instead, we need to see far more productive actions to strengthen job creation and restructure existing programs -- not just ongoing safety net extensions -- while seeking ways to not add to this nation's deficit. That's why I cast my vote today to have a responsible, solutions-based conversation about the unemployment problems facing this nation."


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