BREAKING: The Senate is set to vote in the next few hours on whether to extend emergency unemployment insurance to 1.3 million Americans
Here’s the back story: over the holidays, 1.3 million Americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their own also lost their unemployment benefits. Why? Because Republicans in Congress refused to extend this vital lifeline.
Denying families this critical benefit while they’re searching for a job is just plain cruel.
Senate Democrats are set to vote on an extension in the next few hours. Now it’s our job to call on Republicans in Congress to do the right thing and extend emergency unemployment insurance:
BEFORE TONIGHT’S VOTE: Click here to automatically add your name and stand with President Obama’s call to extend unemployment benefits >>