Good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford live from new york city. Its a tough weekend for those still struggling to find jobs. Emergency jobless benefits, a life line for many of americas unemployed, expire today. About 1. 3 Million People who have been out of work for months are finding themselves cut off. The government check they depend on, a little more than 1,000, will not show up in the mail. The benefits program was introduced in 2008 at the height of the recession. The payouts cost the federal government 225 billion. Extending them for another year at 19 billion, but congress has not done that yet. Tony harris reports. Months ago they lost their jobs. Now they are losing the money they get from the government to get by. Since 2008 congress extented the Compensation Program a dozen times. This time lawmakers let it lapse. This means people who lost their jobs will no lodger have a cushion once state benefits run out. Usually after 26 weeks. With the extensi
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