Unemployment Benefits Extension Set For Final Passage

Legislation to restore unemployment benefits to millions who have been out of work for more than six months broke free of Senate Republican tactics on Tuesday. Senators voted 60-40, mostly across party lines to move ahead on the bill, clearing the way for a final Senate vote later in the day. The measure would restore benefits for people whose benefits started running out seven weeks ago in a stubbornly jobless economic recovery according to a report from the AP.

It would be the eighth extension of unemployment benefits since July 2008. About 2.5 million people would receive jobless benefits retroactively, injecting almost $3 billion into the economy once they're paid out.