Posts Tagged ‘Additional’
House approves additional jobless benefits (AP)
AP – Congress has approved legislation to restore unemployment benefits to people who have been out of work for six months or more, ending a seven-week interruption that caused 2 1/2 million people to lose unemployment benefits averaging about $300 a week.
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House set to approve additional jobless benefits (AP)
AP – Congress is one House vote away from resuming unemployment payments to millions of people whose benefits have lapsed as the nation suffers through a wretched job market.
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Additional jobless benefits hinge on House vote (AP)
AP – A House vote Thursday is expected to send President Barack Obama a long-sought measure to resume unemployment payments to millions of people whose benefits have lapsed.
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Senate permits gov’t to borrow an additional $1.9T (AP)
AP – The Democratic-controlled Senate has muscled through a plan to allow the government to go a whopping $1.9 trillion deeper in debt.
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Additional US troops arrive for relief effort (AP)
AP – Hundreds of U.S. troops have arrived in Haiti, and a high-ranking Army officer said Friday that food, water, medicine and other emergency relief supplies are being rushed to victims of this week’s massive earthquake.
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