Republicans kill Senate jobless aid measure

Republicans on Thursday defeated Democrats' showcase election-year jobs bill, including an extension of weekly unemployment benefits for millions of people out of work...

Unemployment has now hit 8.1 percent, the highest figure in a quarter-century. What's worse, 13.8 percent of these people are under 29…

"I was laid off in 2007, and I didn't collect unemployment because I thought I was too good to collect it. I didn't want to be a drain on the economy….."

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