99ers Arrested In New York Protest For Additional Weeks Of Unemployment Benefits

99ers Arrested In New York Protest For Additional Weeks Of Unemployment Benefits: "Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced long shot bills to create those extra weeks of aid, but that effort will take a back seat in the lame duck session to the more urgent task of reauthorizing the existing 99 weeks, set to expire at the end of the month. (Some members of Congress and their staffers have been confused about the difference between helping the 99ers and reauthorizing the existing benefits.)"