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Longterm unemployed across america. It has been a myth that has been put forth and those who seek to undermine this program that individuals who are receiving unemployment assistance who have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more, simply are sitting home looking to collect a check without going out and actively searching for employment. Nothing can be further from the truth. The reality is, and this is connected to the dynamic around income inequality that we are discussing here today, is that fo...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 223. The nays are 195. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. He house will come to order. For what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition . Mr. Lucas mr. Speaker, pursuant to h. R. Res. 292, i call up the bill h. R. 2642 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 2642, a bill to provide for t...