The vote was 59 to 38 on final passage. Three Republicans -- Olympia Snowe (Maine), Susan Collins (Maine) and George Voinovich (Ohio) -- joined every voting
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The vote was 59 to 38 on final passage. Three Republicans — Olympia Snowe (Maine), Susan Collins (Maine) and George Voinovich (Ohio) — joined every voting Democrat in favor of the proposal.
The deadline for filing for additional benefits was April 5. The legislation passed today, which is retroactive to that date, extends the filing deadline to June 2.
The bill also extends COBRA health subsidies and delays a pay cut for Medicare doctors. The $18 billion cost was not offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the budget.
*Update: The House is expected to approve the bill tonight (Thursday) around 9 p.m.