1.3 Million Americans lost their unemployment benefits last week while Congress was on vacation

The Senate came up one vote short of passage of the unemployment benefits extension bill last week right before leaving for their Fourth of July recess, leaving 1.2 million Americans without benefits, many for going on a month now.

Two more weeks for 1.2 million families to try to survive with no income.

Two more weeks for hundreds of thousands more to see their unemployment benefits exhausted.

Two more weeks for millions of people to lose their grip on homes and apartments and cars.

Estimates indicate as many as 2 million unemployed and their families will have lost their benefits by the time Congress comes back from vacation. A cruel turn of events and an incredibly difficult time for so many Americans undeserving of such treatment.

The Senate returns to work today. Please join us in urging them to bring this bill back to the floor for a vote IMMEDIATELY!

ACT NOW-- go to our ACTION ALERT CENTER to sign our petition to all members of the Senate: These American families can NOT WAIT ANY LONGER for an extension of unemployment benefits. The Senate must act immediately to restore these benefits to these men and women who have fallen on hard times. 

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