–Senate Majority Leader Says Dems Will Push Jobs Agenda This Summer
–Vows To Work On Financial Reg Reform, Small Business Plan
By John Shaw
WASHINGTON (MNI) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday
that congressional approval of legislation to extend unemployment
insurance benefits is “long overdue,” adding he will try again in the
coming weeks to win approval of this measure.
In comments on the Senate floor as Congress returns from its
week-long Fourth of July recess, Reid said the Democratic agenda this
summer “will be about jobs.”
Reid said he will push a “few more big steps” to bolster the
economy and increase jobs.
These steps, he said, would include passing a small business
lending bill, financial regulatory reform and an extension of UI
benefits.
Reid said that more than 2 million Americans have had their
unemployment insurance benefits lapse.
Reid did not say if he will push for the extension of UI benefits
in a stand-alone bill or as part of a broader package.
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