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Dulcinea

(6,602 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 11:50 AM Feb 2012

Phone Blitz! Unemployment Lifeline On the Line in Congress

What an outrage!

Once again, millions of hardworking Americans face being cut off of unemployment insurance (UI) unless Congress acts to fully renew the federal UI program that's set to expire at the end of this month. And once again, House Republicans are holding up that urgent renewal, insisting instead on recklessly slashing benefits and imposing onerous new burdens on unemployed workers -- cynically using the need to renew unemployment insurance as their opportunity to permanently alter and undermine it.

We need to make some noise! This week is critical to ending the brinksmanship and moving the Congressional conference committee to fully renew unemployment insurance without drastic cuts or harmful barriers to benefits.

Please take a minute and call toll-free 888-245-3381. Thank you.

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Phone Blitz! Unemployment Lifeline On the Line in Congress (Original Post) Dulcinea Feb 2012 OP
kick for the jobless. eom Dulcinea Feb 2012 #1
I will be calling all those R bastards. JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #2

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
2. I will be calling all those R bastards.
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 10:53 AM
Feb 2012

Thank you for posting this! I hope everyone pitches in & calls!

Julie

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