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Weekly Address: Calling on Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits this Holiday Season

Megan Slack
Megan Slack
December 07, 2013
06:00 AM EST

In this week’s address, President Obama says that before Congress leaves for vacation, they should extend unemployment benefits for 1.3 million hardworking Americans who will lose this lifeline at the end of the year.

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