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The Associated Press 5:21 AM Friday, November 6, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is set to sign a bill extending jobless benefits 20 weeks and prolonging the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit.

The law is also aimed at spurring job creation by giving an additional tax cut to struggling businesses.

Later Friday, the president will visit Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Then he meets in the Oval Office with Congressman-elect Bill Owens, the Democrat who won a special election in New York's 23rd District that's been controlled by Republicans for decades.

Obama will also meet with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, just back from a trip to the Middle East.

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November 06, 2009 10:17 AM EST

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Why is the DDN failing to report the unemployment news, we are NOW over 10%, Obama & Biden said we would not go over 8-1/2% IF WE let them spend 875 billions of dollars, LIAR LIAR Pants on fire

Philman
11:55 AM, 11/6/2009

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