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**FILE** Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, meet with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, said on Sunday that he isn't sure if Democrats have the votes yet to clear the 60-vote threshold in a vote to extend unemployment benefits. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)