NEW MEXICO CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE IS FOLLOWING UP ON HIS CALL FOR DRUG TESTING PEOPLE WHO GET JOBLESS BENEFITS. HE'S INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE TESTING BEFORE YOU CAN GET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. THE FEE FOR THE TEST WOULD BE REIMBURSED IN THEIR FIRST BENEFITS CHECK TO THOSE WHO TEST NEGATIVE. PEOPLE ALREADY ON UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD HAVE THREE MONTHS TO BE TESTED.

PEARCE SAYS THE SYSTEM'S BEEN ABUSED ... AND WORKING AMERICANS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THE WAY FOR DRUG ADDICTS.