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HONOLULU, Dec 27 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called
Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, and Senator Dean
Heller, Republican of Nevada, on Friday to back their proposal
to extend emergency unemployment benefits for three months.
Those benefits will expire on Saturday for about 1.3 million
Americans. A vote on the Reed/Heller bill is likely in early
January, when the U.S. Senate returns from recess.
Obama said his administration would push Congress to act
promptly and in bipartisan fashion on the issue. Cutting off the
benefits will have a negative impact on U.S. economic growth and
job creation, the White House said.
