Unemployment Extension: House Democrats Introduce Bill To Preserve Benefits Through Next Year

WASHINGTON -- Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives will introduce legislation on Thursday to reauthorize federal jobless benefits through next year. The bill marks the beginning of what will likely become a difficult battle with Republicans who control the chamber.

"With almost five unemployed Americans for every job opening, too many people remain jobless because of a lack of work, not a lack of wanting to work," Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a sponsor of the bill, said in a statement to HuffPost. "While this Republican Congress fails to support jobs legislation and continues to blame unemployment on the unemployed, more than two million Americans will soon lose their unemployment benefits."    Full Read