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Some 213,000 California residents will lose their unemployment insurance benefits Saturday, leaving sidelined workers such as Robin Schirle even deeper in a financial hole."I want to go back to work and I don't want to be on unemployment," said Schirle, 26, of San Jose, who was laid off in May and is actively looking for a job as an administrative assistant. "But I was hoping it would last another three months to help me find a job."
The federal budget passed by Congress and signed by President Obama on Thursday failed to include funding for a 26-week extension of federal unemployment benefits that had kicked in after California residents used up their 26 weeks of state unemployment insurance.
The end of the federal extension immediately affects 1.3 million Americans, both those like Schirle who started receiving their federal benefits this month and those nearing the end of their 26 weeks of eligibility.
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