Legislation passed by the Senate Wednesday would extend unemployment insurance benefits by 14 weeks for jobless people in all states that have exhausted their benefits. The jobless living in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that have unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or higher, would receive an additional six weeks. A look at the states receiving the additional benefits.

Alabama

Arizona

California

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

Maine

Massachusetts

Michigan

Mississippi

Missouri

Nevada

New Jersey

North Carolina

New York

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Washington

Wisconsin

West Virginia

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