Senate Near a Bipartisan Deal on Unemployment Insurance

Credits: Elliott P. / Flickr CNBC reports that the U.S. Senate neared a bipartisan deal Thursday night to extend unemployment-insurance benefits to the 2 million jobless Americans who have not received their checks since the program expired in December. The agreement will extend for five months. Because the new program will include retroactive benefits from December, […] View the full post at: Senate Near a Bipartisan Deal on Unemployment Insurance Related posts: Jobs Bill Just Got Bipartisan Senate Support Senate Passes $149B Package of Jobless Aid, Tax Breaks; Bill Heads to House Lead Senate Negotiators Reach Deal on TBTF Banks