Obama Urges Congress To Restore Unemployment Benefits
A bipartisan Senate proposal would reinstate jobless benefits for three months
HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Congress to reinstate jobless benefits for more than a million Americans.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the unemployment insurance is a "vital economic lifeline" for many people. And he says failure to reinstate the benefits will cause the economy to slow for all Americans.