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Article: Bush vows to veto jobless benefits bill
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 2, 1991
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WASHINGTON President Bush today promised to veto the jobless
benefits bill passed by Congress Tuesday, saying he has to "protect
the taxpayers" as well as the unemployed.
Bush, as he left the White House on a primarily political trip,
expressed annoyance with Democrats' attempt to put him on the
defensive on domestic issues, including his opposition to the $6.4
billion bill to extend benefits for the unemployed.
"Once again the Senate is testing us in this administration and
I am trying to protect the taxpayers as well as those who are
unemployed," he told reporters on the White House lawn.
But Democrats say the administration is insensitive to the
plight of the jobless.
"I think ...