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Consumer advocates wanted. some 212,000 people rolled off their benefits last week, and if nothing is settled, it will be 1 million people this month in april, tom, who will lose their benefits. at issue here is the cost of another extension. some $9 billion. and there are some republicans who are concerned that this so-called emergency spending, first begun underneath the stimulus act, they'd like to see some, as they say in washington parlance, budget offsets. they'd like to say is there going to be a way to pay for this longer term. you're having a big philosophical discussion still how thi...

Subsidy that's helping people pay for their cobra health insurance, which is still very expensive. the stimulus act helps pay for some of the co-insurance from the people who are getting cobra and also the unemployment benefits. so we're not every six weeks talking about this. doesn't it feel like we've been talking about this all year? we've been trying to patch it and patch it and patch it. there will have to be a longer term discussion of what we're going to do if we're going to have unemployment hanging near 9% and 10% for this year and next, you're going to have a lot of people rolling of...

College. you continue to go through. have you purchased a home recently. $8,000 credit. this is when people are going to start to get it back. >> this is great. >> this is absolutely great. >> if you are getting your taxes prepared by someone else, work through this and go to your tax preparer, it said i might get a college credit or a new home buyer's credit or something else. >> you should do it before you go. >> and talk to your tax guy. >> and talk to your tax guy. make sure you are doing it legally, of course. >> you might be outside of the income ranges allowed for some of these things. ...

They have been tweeting me all morning. >> really? >> they have. >> that's a plan. see you next hour. the stimulus act is having an effect on tax refunds if you take credit where credit is due. we will explain. that's next in the cnn newsroom. hey, i know you. so what can you tell me about shell nitrogen enriched gasoline? did you know they could protect your engine? and how do they do that? they clean up gunk left by lower quality gasoline. then they act as a protective barrier... that shields and protects engines... against performance-robbing gunk. - all three grades? - that's right. all ...

April 15th is less than a month away. if you haven't filed your taxes just yet, here's a reason to get moving. the irs says tax refunds are much bigger this year. allison, let's put some specifics on this. how much money should people be expecting here? >> reporter: yeah, nothing like a little extra cash in your pocket to get you moving to file early. exactly. so listen to this, tony. the average tax refund is nearly 10% higher than last year. and that's a nice little chunk of change. just over $3,000 last year. refund checks were averaging around $2,700 apiece. in one word, tony, stimulus. th...