Bill Passes Senate Extending Unemployment

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Bill Passes Senate Extending Unemployment

By Scott Sarvay

Story Published: Nov 4, 2009 at 6:27 PM EST

Story Updated: Nov 4, 2009 at 6:27 PM EST

WASHINGTON (Indiana's NewsCenter) - The U.S. Senate has voted to give the jobless up to 20 weeks of additional unemployment benefits and significantly expand a tax credit program aimed at getting buyers back into the dormant housing market.

If enacted, workers in some of the harder-hit states would be eligible for nearly two years of benefits, a record.

It now goes back to the house, which is expected to quickly approve it


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