If we allow our transportation law to expire without an extension, almost 1 million construction and other workers will lose their jobs over the coming year.
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For Latinos, the passage of this bill would result in 25 million Hispanic workers benefiting from the extension of the payroll tax cut, and 250, 000 Hispanic-owned small businesses receiving immediate tax cut benefits, among other highlights.
Without an extension, more than 1 million people will run out of unemployment benefits in March, according to the National Employment Law Project.
Although the extension will help over 1 million Americans, it won't just put money into the people's pockets who are receiving the benefits.
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Extension of Emergency Unemployment Insurance benefits for 2 million people: The agreement will prevent 2 million people from losing UI benefits in January by extending emergency unemployment insurance benefits for one year.
Meanwhile, Republicans in the House of Representatives are dropping a demand that any extension of a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans be offset by spending cuts elsewhere in the budget.
Millions of Americans -- including more than 2 million African American families -- are better off thanks to our extension of the child care tax credit and the earned income tax credit -- (applause) -- because nobody who works hard in America should be poor in America.
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If plans for the runway extension go ahead the airport is hoping to handle up to two million passengers by 2011 increasing to six million by 2021.
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To date, more than 17, 000 health extension workers have been trained on inserting Implanon and an estimated 1.7 million women have benefited from this initiative.
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And then, of course, there are the tax provisions -- the extension and expansion of the payroll tax credit for individuals, which would go to 160 million Americans.
Rio Tinto also announced an extension of its joint venture with Sinosteel Corporation in Western Australia, designed to allow for a further 50 million tonnes of iron ore to be produced in the Pilbara region.
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