A prayer vigil is scheduled outside U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin’s office at 1501 N. University at 4 p.m. Thursday in hopes of encouraging Griffin to vote for extended unemployment insurance. This would require his putting aside partisan gimmickry in backing plans to extend some benefits in return for punishing other workers with federal job layoffs, means tests for benefit programs and other punitive measures.

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