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Senator Levin talks spending: unemployment insurance, FRIB

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Host Mark Bashore spoke with U.S. Senator Carl Levin about a variety of topics today on Current State. They began with a look at yesterday’s failure to hammer out an extension of benefits for over a million long-term unemployed Americans.Levin says Republicans were unwilling to agree that they would end a filibuster against the bill after having a chance to offer amendments.

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