Advisory: Unemployed Americans, House Democrats and Labor Leaders to Urge House Republicans to Take up Senate Bill to Extend Federal Emergency Unemployment Insurance

WHO:              Unemployed Americans
                       Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer
                       Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra
                       Caucus Vice Chair Joe Crowley
                       Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin
                       Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison
                       Other House Democrats
                       President of AFSCME Lee Saunders
                       Executive Director of NELP Christine Owens

WHAT:            House Democrats will join labor leaders and unemployed Americans to urge House Republicans to take up the Senate-passed unemployment insurance extension, which would benefit more than 2.8 million Americans.

WHEN:            2:00 p.m. ET, Tuesday, April 8, 2014

WHERE:         U.S. Capitol
                       House Triangle (located in the grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front)
                       First Street SE
                       Washington, DC 20004

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