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Unemployment Benefits Expire - After this Saturday, November 27, if you want an extension on your federal unemployment benefits, you are out of luck. Congress has not yet voted to extend the benefits which means the unemployment office in Michigan will not be processing any new claims. Penny Swan has been unemployed for almost two years and she relies heavily on her federal unemployment benefits that will run out next week. "It means I can't pay rent I don't have any money for food. I can't put gas in my car I can't buy medicine I need. Anything you go out and spend money for isn't there," said Swan. Saturday is the last possible day to apply for a federal extension. The state unemployment office is not processing any new federal emergency unemployment claims. "It's a creature of federal law and unfortunately the state of Michigan is powerless to control it," said Stephen Geskey, the director of Michigan's Unemployment Insuranc...