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Bush signs extension of jobless benefits amid hard times, heads to Peru for economic forum
11:47:47 AM (ET), Friday, November 21, 2008
(AP Photo) Byline: Lauren Victoria Burke
With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.Bush signed an extension of jobless benefits into law just before 8 a.m., as he was preparing to leave the White House for a morning flight to Lima, Peru, to attend the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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