Is there a point at which this relatively high level of unemployment becomes more of a chronic condition and therefore does in fact have to be paid for out of a regular budgeting process?

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U.N. reform was a contentious issue in the yearly budgeting process prior to the enactment of Helms-Biden, with Republicans regularly slowing down appropriations for a number of international efforts, and refusing to sign off on dues payments until the U.N agreed to reforms.

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