Senate cuttin' some slack to the unemployed

Many college graduates with majors from prestigious schools are turning to minimum-wage customer service jobs as a last resort. 

Today, Senate voted to extend benefits to those unemployed up to 20 weeks. 

I completely agree with the vote which passed unanimously, 98-0. 

The bill is going to be brought to the house floor as soon as possible,

The bill would then move to the White House for the president's signature. Last week, the administration said it supports extending benefits.

This is crucial for those who are unemployed, and whose only source of income for their family is the unemployment check.

Some 7,000 unemployed Americans run out of benefits each day, according to the National Employment Law Project.

If we are going to spend money on anything, it should be this.
However if the benefits are extended to greatly, the risk is run of people depending on the check and deciding that searching for a job just isn't worth it. However, I feel this isn't likely to occur, since most people are taking any jobs available, despite their profession. Hopefully this will get unemployed americans through until the day where more and more jobs are available.