Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Senate advanced legislation extending unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless, a battle Democrats plan to escalate as part of an election-year focus on income inequality.
The vote today was 60-37, with 60 needed, to move forward a measure to restore for three months the emergency jobless benefits that expired Dec. 28 for 1.3 million Americans.
"There are lots of people who are in desperate shape," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, adding that on his way to the Capitol in Washington today, he noticed a reporter and cameraman trying to wake up a person asleep on a sidewalk on Constitution Avenue. "It's not good for the country."
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