A bipartisan agreement to restore unemployment insurance benefits for more than 2.2 million jobless Americans cleared a key Senate hurdle Thursday but faces continued opposition from Republicans in the House, making final passage uncertain.
House Speaker John A. Boehner
(R-Ohio) has called the Senate plan, which overcame a filibuster on a
vote of 65-34, "unworkable." A group of state benefits administrators
has argued that their outdated computers will make it difficult to
process jobless claims and prevent fraud under the Senate plan.
The bipartisan group of senators, though, hopes to pressure the House to act in an election year. Lawmakers from hard-hit high unemployment states face constituents who need aid after benefits for the long-term unemployed were cut off late last year. Ten Republican senators voted to advance the bill.
The bipartisan group of senators, though, hopes to pressure the House to act in an election year. Lawmakers from hard-hit high unemployment states face constituents who need aid after benefits for the long-term unemployed were cut off late last year. Ten Republican senators voted to advance the bill.
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