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If you're not employable, why should you be getting unemployment benefits?

State Rep. Kim Thatcher on the House's passage of two bills to extend federal unemployment benefits to Oregonians who have been out of work for more than a year and a half. She suggested the possibility of setting eligibility requirements, such as drug tests and/or community service.

State Rep. Kim Thatcher on the House's passage of two bills to extend federal unemployment benefits to Oregonians who have been out of work for more than a year and a half. She suggested the possibility of setting eligibility requirements, such as drug tests and/or community service.

Andy Kim is a former GOVERNING staff writer.
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