Thursday, April 24- Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Fort Worth-Arlington Edition La Vida News - THE BLACK VOICETHE BLACK VOICETHE BLACK VOICETHE BLACK VOICETHE BLACK VOICE Page 1
By Congresswoman
Eddie Bernice Johnson
ThefailureofCongressto
extend...
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Thursday, April 24- Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Fort Worth-Arlington Edition La Vida News - THE BLACK VOICETHE BLACK VOICETHE BLACK VOICETHE BLACK VOICETHE BLACK VOICE Page 1
By Congresswoman
Eddie Bernice Johnson
ThefailureofCongressto
extend unemployment benefits to our fellow citizens
who are unable to find work
has wreaked havoc in the
lives of those individuals,
and has disrupted our
nation’s economic growth.
Nationally, approximately
2.3 million Americans are
goingwithoutanyassistance.
Thatincludesnearly140,000
in the state of Texas. In my
Congressionaldistrict,nearly
20,000 people are impacted.
When our country faced
asevereeconomicdownturn
in 2008, a compassionate
Congress passed legislation
that created the Emergency
Unemployment Compensation Program, providing 13
weeks of benefits to unemployedworkerswhohadexhausted regular unemploymentbenefits. Theextension
provided a buffer to those
men and women who lost
their jobs due to the closing
of companies o
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