Senate to vote on jobless benefits bill (a one-year extension of federal unemployment benefits)

Senate Democratic leaders will try to push through a one-year extension of federal unemployment benefits sometime Tuesday, although they are still expected to lapse at the end of the day, sources told The Hill.

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is expected later Tuesday to ask for unanimous consent to pass a $56.4 billion bill that would provide benefits through the end of 2011.
[link to thehill.com]