60 votes in place, Dems ready to extend jobs money (AP)

President Barack Obama with from right, to left, Leslie Macko, from Charlottesville Va., Jim Chukalas, Fredon Township, NJ., and Denise Gibson, Brooklyn, NY., as he delivers remarks on the extending unemployment insurance, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 19, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP – With a new face and a 60th vote for breaking a Republican filibuster, Senate Democrats are preparing to restore jobless checks for 2.5 million people whose benefits ran out during a congressional standoff over deficit spending. President Barack Obama says, “It’s time to do what’s right.”


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