Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 03/09/2010 - 5:48am

Job seekers during a career fair in San Diego, California, in January 2010.<br /><br />The United States lost fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the government said Friday, cautioning the data may be skewed by winter storms.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)AP - Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.




 

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