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U.S. House delegation divided on unemployment extension
Posted by: Kevin Diaz under Funding, Minnesota congressional Updated: November 18, 2010 - 4:44 PM
On a day when Minnesota’s unemployment rate ticked upward to 7.1 percent, the state’s U.S. House delegation split 4-4 on a proposed federal extension of unemployment benefits.
Three Minnesota Republicans – John Kline, Michele Bachmann and Erik Paulsen – were joined by Blue Dog Democrat Collin Peterson in voting against the measure, which failed 258-154 (it needed a two-thirds vote).
Four other Minnesota Democrats – Jim Oberstar, Tim Walz, Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison – voted yes in a procedural vote that would have advanced the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act (H.R. 6419).
Altogether, 21 Republicans voted for the measure. Eleven Democrats, including Peterson, voted against.
In a preview of the coming debate over Bush-era tax breaks, proponents said that without the extension, 2 million jobless Americans will lose their benefits. Opponents cited fiscal concerns.
The vote came as Congress adjourned for a Thanksgiving recess.
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