Senate Advances Unemployment Benefits Extension

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 3:47PM
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By Brandon Kosters - Talk Radio News Service

With a vote of 60-40, the Senate has ended a filibuster on a measure that will offer $34 billion in benefits to out-of-work Americans. The only two Republicans who voted to advance the measure were Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.

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