1. Unemployment Extension Benefits
A long partisan stand-off ended on July 20th when the US Senate finally passed a fourth extension of unemployment benefits (Scherer). The long-standing Republican filibuster was finally broken when Carte Goodwin, who succeeded West Virginia's Robert Byrd, was sworn in and allowed for the 60-40 vote that passed the extension (Wendel). ... However, this money will not only help out those who cannot find a job, but it will also ease some of the federal budget deficit, which is proposed to be $1.6 trillion in February (Scherer). ... Some of the unemployed can qualify for disability benefi...
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