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Filibuster broken, jobless benefits may flow soon (AP)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, is joined by newly-sworn Sen. Carte Goodwin, D-W.Va., right, 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 Goodwin, a successor to West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, took his oath of office. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - With a GOP filibuster safely broken, the Senate is poised to pass legislation restoring jobless benefits for millions of people unable to find work in the frail economic recovery.