A Democratic state senator's wants the governor to help Iowa get $14.5 million in federal stimulus money to pay extra unemployment benefits to Iowans who have been unemployed for more than a year. Iowa could get 13 extra weeks of benefits for about 7200 Iowans, but if the bill isn’t passed by the house and signed by the governor by March 10 the state would likely no longer qualify for the money. The governor says he wants to read the bill and see its' impact on the state's Unemployment Trust Fund.
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