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<p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters after the Senate cleared a hurdle to restore unemployment benefits to millions of Americans who have been out of work for more than six months, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. The 60-40 vote came moments after Sen. Carte Goodwin, D-W.Va., left, a successor to West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, was sworn in.</p>

<p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters after the Senate cleared a hurdle to restore unemployment benefits to millions of Americans who have been out of work for more than six months, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. The 60-40 vote came moments after Sen. Carte Goodwin, D-W.Va., left, a successor to West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, was sworn in.</p>

July 23, 2010

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Checks could be coming as early as next week

WASHINGTON - Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits in a congressional standoff.