Obama Signs Legislation Extending Jobless Benefits
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President Barack Obama signed into law a measure restoring unemployment benefits that were cut off to more than 2.5 million Americans by an election-year fight over whether the cost should be added to the federal deficit.
Obama acted a few hours after the House gave final approval to the $34 billion plan on a 272-152 vote. Ten Democrats opposed the bill; 31 Republicans supported it. The Senate passed the legislation yesterday 59-39.