House passes unemployment benefits extension - Jul. 1, 2010
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — After a failed attempt earlier this week, the House voted to extend the deadline to file for federal jobless benefits Thursday. But the bill will be stuck in limbo as Congress takes a weeklong summer break.
The bill would extend the deadline to file for extended unemployment benefits through November, and would retroactively pay out claims to those who saw their benefits expire in May.
The legislation, which garnered a 270-153 vote, now moves on to the Senate.
That chamber, however, closed up shop Wednesday evening for the summer recess after failing to pass its own version of the bill, which would raise the deficit by $33.3 billion.
As a result, more than 2.1 million people are expected to have lost their unemployment benefits by the time legislators reconvene on July 12.