For Immediate Release
June 30, 2008 |
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Cullen Schwarz
Office: 202.225.4961
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Levin Statement on President Signing Extension of Unemployment Benefits
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Over 800,000 Michigan Taxpayers Will Pay Higher Taxes This Year if an Alternative Minimum Tax Patch Is not Enacted |
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(Washington D.C.)- President Bush today signed H.R. 2642, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008, which included a nationwide 13-week extension of unemployment benefits. Congressman Sander Levin, a vocal proponent of a benefit extension, issued the following statement:
“This is an overdue action for more than a million of our citizens that have already exhausted their benefits, and an additional 2 ½ million estimated to exhaust in the coming months—including over 200,000 Michigan residents.
“Tomorrow I am going to meet with people that contacted my office to share their personal experiences. People that have contacted me are unemployed through no fault of their own, and many are unemployed for the first time in their lives. A benefit extension will help these individuals afford rising food, gas and healthcare costs and make mortgage payments while they continue to search for work.
“We will be ready to fight to sustain the program for people who continue to be unemployed in a difficult job market.”
Rep. Levin is inviting individuals who have contacted his office to express their support for extending unemployment benefits and to share their personal experiences with looking for work in these difficult economic times to a roundtable discussion in Roseville on Tuesday:
Who: Rep. Sander Levin and Michiganders impacted by the extension of unemployment insurance benefits
What: Roundtable discussion with individuals who have been unemployed through no fault of their own and looking for work. Each of these individuals have contacted Rep. Levin about the need to extend unemployment benefits
When: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9 a.m.
Where: Roseville Parks and Recreation Building
18185 Sycamore St.
[Just North of 696; East side of Gratiot]
Roseville, MI
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To Contact Congressman Levin: -
Email Congressman Levin In Michigan: 27085 Gratiot Ave, Roseville, MI 48066 | (586) 498-7122 | (248) 968-2025
In Washington: 1236 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 | (202) 225-4961
