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Unemployed Texans Will be Paid Benefits for Past Weeks

July 23, 2010

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The deadline for jobless Texans to qualify for emergency unemployment benefits has been extended to the week of November 27, 2010. Congress passed HR 4213, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010, on Thursday setting this new filing deadline which allows long-term claimants to continue receiving unemployment benefits. President Barack Obama signed the bill shortly after it was passed.

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