Published October 01, 2009, 11:30 PM

Jobless benefits extension hits snag in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House-passed bill to give another 13 weeks of unemployment benefits to people from states where the jobless rate is at least 8.5 percent has bogged down in the Senate because of resistance from lawmakers whose states have lower unemployment and would be left out.

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