term unemployment benefits. will it be a tough fight? not in the senate where heller and reid, a republican and democrat respectively put forward a plan that senate majority leader harry reid says will get a vote when they come back. if it does pass the senate, it s anybody s guess if it will pass the house. the republicans argue this is a program that was put forward during the economic recession and perhaps we don t need it anymore. this is a $300 monthly check for americans that need it most. the president supporting getting it back online. the president will be back from vacation soon. what is likely to be top of his agenda for the new year? i think it s something we are going to hear a lot about in addition to the unemployment benefits. former secretary of state, hillary clinton, tweeted out an endorsement to get the plan back. socioeconomic inequality. he s going to highlight a lot of