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The Chamber of Commerce calls for an end to $300 federal unemployment benefits after April’s lackluster jobs report

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The Chamber of Commerce called for an end to the $300-per-week federal unemployment benefit on Friday, assailing it as an obstacle to the economic recovery. The influential business group cited April’s dismal jobs report that showed payrolls had not kept up March’s encouraging pace.

“The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market,” the chamber’s chief policy officer, Neal Bradley, said in a statement. “We need a comprehensive approach to dealing with our workforce issues and the very real threat unfilled positions details ⇒

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