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- <text id=91TT2154>
- <title>
- Sep. 30, 1991: American Notes:Congress
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Sep. 30, 1991 Curing Infertility
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 35
- American Notes
- CONGRESS
- Calling Bush's Bluff
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Jobless benefits have come back to haunt George Bush--and
- this time the President may find himself unable to worm away from
- the issue. Last week the House of Representatives passed a bill
- that would provide up to 20 extra weeks of unemployment
- compensation to the 2 million people who have run out of
- unemployment benefits since Jan. 1. Bush signed a similar bill
- last month, but it never became law because he refused to declare
- the budget emergency that was necessary for the measure to take
- effect.
- </p>
- <p> The House passed its latest bill by a veto-proof vote of
- 283 to 125; the Senate is expected to pass the legislation by
- a similar margin. Both versions eliminate the need for the
- President to declare a budget emergency. Its enactment cannot
- come too soon for the 332,000 workers whose benefits ended in
- July (the last month for which figures are available), which is
- the largest monthly total in at least 40 years.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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