On Tuesday President Obama signed the historic health care reform bill. David Leonhardt wrote in the New York Times, "The bill that President Obama signed on Tuesday is the federal government's biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago." To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. Click here if you want to modify your email communication preference or to unsubscribe from the Interfaith Worker Justice e-mail list. Tell a friend about our newsletter. Interfaith Worker Justice | 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. | Chicago, IL 60660 | ph (773) 728-8400
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Extend Unemployment & Health Care Benefits
Yet we still face massive long-term unemployment, and once again unemployed workers face the loss of their lifeline for survival. The February stop-gap measure of federal extensions of unemployment insurance and subsidies for COBRA health care are set to expire on April 5 unless the Senate acts this week. Most Republicans and Democrats agree this extension is needed. But the Senate will spend this entire week debating additional health care measures passed by the House, and then go on a two-week recess. The Senate must pass the extension by unanimous consent now, or it won't get to a vote until after workers have lost their benefits.
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