Senator Shaheen encouraged lawmakers to quickly pass the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act. With nearly 2 million Americans slated to lose their benefits between September and the end of 2009, the bill would extend a much needed lifeline for those hardest hit by the recession.

Ways and Means Income Security and Family Support Chairman Jim McDermott on the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (H.R. 3548) to provide up to 13 additional weeks of unemployment benefits to …