People in line for a job fair in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Michael Francis McElroy/ZUMA Press)
This afternoon, the Senate cleared a crucial hurdle to reauthorizing the federal extension of unemployment benefits, held up in the Senate for an unprecedented two months. The upper chamber voted down a filibuster of H.R. 4213, also known as the jobs bill or the extenders package — the vehicle
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