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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 19 > Lawmakers near vote on jobless benefits

Lawmakers near vote on jobless benefits

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
March 19, 2011

SALEM — Thousands of unemployed Oregon workers are at risk of losing their federally funded benefits unless the Legislature enacts an extension.

The Ways and Means Committee took a key step in that direction Friday, approving two bills that would allow benefits to be extended. A vote in the full....

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