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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment for Workers Act or the BRIDGE for Workers Act</b></p> <p>This bill extends eligibility for&nbsp;reemployment services to all individuals claiming unemployment compensation. Currently, only unemployment claimants that are identified as&nbsp;likely to exhaust their regular unemployment compensation are eligible for such reemployment services.</p>]]></text>
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