House panel OKs drug tests for unemployment beneficiaries

House panel OKs drug tests for unemployment beneficiaries (access required)

By Evan Wyloge

Published: March 23, 2012 at 9:44 am

The House Appropriations Committee narrowly passed a bill Thursday that would require drug tests for anyone receiving unemployment benefits, even though some of the bill’s supporters admit that it could jeopardize the federal funding that helps pay for the benefits.

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