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Obama Considers New Steps on Economy, Signs Unemployment Bill

By Keith Koffler
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 6, 2009, 12:24 p.m.

President Barack Obama on Friday said he is considering additional steps to boost the economy — including new spending measures and tax cuts — as the Labor Department announced that the unemployment rate has risen to 10.2 percent.

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