Also: Gel reduces AIDS risk in women; committee votes on Supreme Court nomination.
President Barack Obama speaks about unemployment insurance and the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Monday.From The Associated Press:
Millions of people stuck on the jobless rolls would receive an extension of unemployment benefits averaging $309 a week under a Senate bill that appears set to break free of a Republican filibuster.
Democrats have stripped the unemployment insurance measure down to the bare essentials for Tuesday's vote, which is a do-over of a tally taken late last month.
» Read the full story: Democrats to give jobless benefits another vote [The Associated Press]
» Polls find wide support for jobless benefit extension [The New York Times]
» Reality gap: U.S. struggles, D.C. booms [Politico]
In other news:
» Gel found to reduce AIDS risk in women [The Washington Post]
» Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination today [CNN]