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Friday, Jul. 24, 2009

Open quoteThe unemployment insurance system before the recession was as vulnerable as New Orleans was before Katrina Close quote

  • JIM MCDERMOTT,
  • Democratic Representative of Washington, who has authority over the nation's unemployment program; hundreds of thousands of needy people have waited months for checks
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