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Senate leader vows vote on jobless benefits

More than 1 million people are set to be abruptly cut off of federal unemployment benefits averaging less than $300 a week nationwide just three days after Christmas.

By Andrew Taylor | Updated on December 19, 2013
From left, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat promised Thursday that the chamber would vote in early January on extending jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.

More than 1 million people are set to be abruptly cut off of federal unemployment benefits averaging less than $300 a week nationwide just three days after Christmas. Another 1.9 million people would miss out on the benefits next year.

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