Bush Signs Unemployment Extension
June 30th, 2008 | 
Author: Unemployment Extension Signed by Bush
WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush has signed a spending bill today that includes a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits, a measure expected to be of great help to people in states such as Michigan struggling with high unemployment rates.
Initially, Democrats had argued that states with particularly high unemployment rates, like Michigan’s — which led the nation at 8.5% in May — should receive an additional 13-week extension, but the White House balked at such a plan.
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