Extension of Jobless Benefits

House approves $93 billion jobless benefits package, By Lori Montgomery, May 28, 2010, Washington Post: “The House passed a $93 billion package of jobless benefits and business tax breaks Friday after moderate Democrats fed up with deficit spending forced leaders to slice billions of additional dollars from the legislation. The House voted, 215 to 204, to approve the measure, which would extend expanded benefits for the unemployed through November, finance thousands of summer jobs and renew for one year dozens of expired tax credits and deductions for businesses and individuals. The cost of those provisions would be partially covered by higher taxes on multinational corporations and investment fund managers, leaving about $31 billion to be added to the budget deficit…”