1.   The bill also made permanent changes in the system in order to make it easier for more people to qualify for extended jobless benefits in the future.

2.   Also, the number of jobless benefit claims fell for the fifth time in the past six weeks.

3.   A person filing a claim for jobless benefits typically has a year to draw all the checks to which he or she is entitled.

4.   A report today on the number of Americans filing initial claims last week for jobless benefits did little to alter expectations for the August employment report, analysts said.

5.   A report on the number of Americans filing initial claims last week for jobless benefits did little to alter expectations for the August employment report, analysts said.

6.   A separate report showed claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in five weeks.

7.   Adding to worries about a strong labor market was a report today showing that fewer Americans than expected applied for jobless benefits last week.

8.   But it may be too late, Lipsky said, to achieve those goals by expanding jobless benefits and health coverage for the unemployed.

9.   Costello put part of the blame on slower-than-expected growth in individual income tax collections and higher-than-expected numbers of jobless claiming benefits.

10.   Employer taxes to cover jobless benefits rose at the beginning of the year to their highest statutory rate.