http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2172703,00.html
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House, Senate OK Benefits Bills
Friday November 15, 2002 6:10 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House and Senate approved separate unemployment benefits bills Thursday night as lawmakers rushed to get their legislation approved before adjourning the postelection session and heading home for the year.
The House bill would extend unemployment benefits for victims of the recession. Congress had approved a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits as part of an economic stimulus package it passed earlier this year, but that extension expires Dec. 28.
The House bill would provide for another five weeks of benefits for those who have not yet exhausted their extension. That's designed to give lawmakers time to return in January and examine the issue further.
The Senate approved by voice vote a version that would offer an extension through the end of March. It would also allow people who have exhausted their regular 26 weeks of unemployment insurance to qualify for the extension, lawmakers said.
``The House passed a one-month program. This is a three-month program,'' said Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla. ``I happen to think it's a more orderly, more well-thought-out program.''
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Reuters has this to say about the Nickles-Clinton "discussion."
House, Senate Back Different Unemployment Bills
Oklahoma Sen. Don Nickles, the assistant Republican leader who helped craft a Senate compromise with New York Democrat Hillary Clinton said the Senate bill was "a more orderly, well-thought out program."
More (but nothing about Hillary yelling)
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http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=politicsnews&StoryID=1743302