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A House bill would extend benefits by up to 13 weeks for jobless workers living in 27 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico that have unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or higher. Here are the states:

—Alabama

—Arizona

—California

—Florida

—Georgia

—Idaho

—Illinois

—Indiana

—Kentucky

—Massachusetts

—Maine

—Michigan

—Mississippi

—Missouri

—Nevada

—New Jersey

—North Carolina

—New York

—Ohio

—Oregon

—Pennsylvania

—Rhode Island

—South Carolina

—Tennessee

—Washington

—Wisconsin

—West Virginia