On June 17, 2010, a minority of the U.S. Senate blocked passage of a bill that would have extended unemployment compensation benefits for unemployed Mainers and others around the nation. The extension of unemployment benefits is one provision in a larger bill intended to help create and protect jobs. The opponents of the legislation, which include Senators Snowe and Collins, contend that the bill is too costly and would add to the deficit.
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Dec 19, 11 09:36 PM Court reverses itself and holds that use of term "boy" was evidence of race discrimination Last year, the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta held that no jury...
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