Jobless benefit extension fails, but Dems to try again: "WASHINGTON -- An effort in the U.S. House to pass a bill extending unemployment benefits to jobless workers failed by three votes on Wednesday.
The bill -- the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act -- extended 13 extra weeks of unemployment benefits to jobless workers, and 13 weeks on top of that for those in states, like Michigan, with a jobless rate of 6 percent or higher.
U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, D-Royal Oak, said Democratic leaders will bring the bill up again today under a different rule that requires a simple majority vote..."
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