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Reid, McConnell Still in Knots Over Unemployment Bill

By Jessica Brady
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 29, 2009, 5:04 p.m.

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) traded verbal jabs on the Senate floor Thursday over a stalemate that has blocked action on a popular unemployment benefits package.

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