Rebuffs Administration efforts to reduce assistance from 26 to 13 weeks, and to cut eligibility of aircraft manufacturers & suppliers, and airport workers
Murray urges colleagues to stand with constituents on this important issue
6 Senate Appropriations Conferees contend “Any airline relief package must …
recognize the extraordinary needs of the people who have suffered the most from
the industry downturn, our unemployed aviation industry workers”
Additional 26 weeks of unemployment assistance for workers in the airline and related industries; $375 million for airport security improvements
Murray: I hope the President does not object to helping thousands of workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. . . At a time when the President has proposed $700 billion more in tax cuts, I would hope he could find it in his heart to support less than one-twentieth of one perce
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