Cardin pushes more unemployment benefits 

Posted: 9:02 pm Sun, October 25, 2009
By Danielle Ulman

Unemployment insurance benefits will run out for an estimated 1.9 million Americans in December, and U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin is urging his colleagues to consider an extension. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would extend benefits only for states with 8.5 percent unemployment, which would leave Maryland — with an unemployment rate of ...