Deal Doesn't Help Workers Who've Already Exhausted Jobless Benefits - NYTimes.com

Deal Doesn't Help Workers Who've Already Exhausted Jobless Benefits - NYTimes.com: "The 13-month extension of unemployment benefits offers no additional help for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have already reached, or are fast approaching, the 99-week limit on unemployment benefits. By contrast, my colleague David Kocieniewski noted in his article this morning that a quarter of the savings from this compromise will go to the wealthiest 1 percent."