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Senate ready to approve jobs benefits for veterans

A united Senate is ready to emphatically approve legislation aimed at helping unemployed veterans and companies doing business with the government, a measure that includes the first, tiny slice of President Barack Obama's jobs plan that is likely to become law.

By Alan Fram | Updated on November 10, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — A united Senate is ready to emphatically approve legislation aimed at helping unemployed veterans and companies doing business with the government, a measure that includes the first, tiny slice of President Barack Obama’s jobs plan that is likely to become law.

A day before Veterans Day, senators were poised to endorse the modest bill Thursday by a wide bipartisan margin. Passage would send the measure to the House, which is not meeting this week but seems likely to give the legislation final congressional approval as early as next week.

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