Advisory: Unemployed Americans, House Democrats and Labor Leaders to Urge House Republicans to Take up Senate Bill to Extend Federal Emergency Unemployment Insurance

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on April 8, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

WHO: Unemployed Americans

Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer

Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra

Caucus Vice Chair Joe Crowley

Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin

Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison

Other House Democrats

President of AFSCME Lee Saunders

Executive Director of NELP Christine Owens

WHAT: House Democrats will join labor leaders and unemployed Americans to urge House Republicans to take up the Senate-passed unemployment insurance extension, which would benefit more than 2.8 million Americans.

WHEN: 2:00 p.m. ET, Tuesday, April 8, 2014

WHERE: U.S. Capitol

House Triangle (located in the grassy triangle on the House side of the Capitol's East Front)

First Street SE

Washington, DC 20004

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means