Senate Set to Pass Extension of Unemployment Benefits
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Senate Democrats are poised today to break an impasse over financing unemployment benefits that has resulted in aid being cut off to more than 2.5 million Americans.
With the seating of Carte Goodwin, the successor to the late Senator Robert Byrd, Democrats say they will have the 60 votes needed to overcome procedural tactics by Republicans that has stalled the legislation. The Republicans have demanded that Democrats find savings in the federal budget to prevent the $34 billion bill from adding to the deficit.