The Senate is scheduled to vote on HR-5618, the "Unemployment Benefits" bill this afternoon.
The bill is apparently headed to the floor without deletion of the following phrase disallowing sex offenders from receiving unemployment benefits.
‘‘(2) ensure that benefits under this Act are not provided to any individual convicted of a sex offense against a minor (as such terms are defined in section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (42 U.S.C. 16911)); and..."
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Sad. Sad. Sad.
