U.S. Senate Votes to Extend Unemployment Benefits for Millions
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The U.S. Senate approved an extension of unemployment insurance that restores aid to 2.5 million people who lost their benefits during a fight over whether to add the $34 billion cost to the federal deficit.
“Millions are waiting for a fraction of their old income checks that help them put food on the table, keep the roof over their heads,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, whose home state of Nevada had the nation’s worst unemployment rate in June at 14.2 percent. The nationwide rate was 9.5 percent.