With Nearly 270,000 Missourians Out Of Work, Sen. McCaskill Opposes Extending Unemployment Benefits (UPDATED): "pYesterday evening, local news station KMOV aired a special report about unemployment. At one point, the news station asked Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) about the unemployment situation and said she “suprised” them with her response. The station asked the senator if unemployment benefits should be extended and if the payroll tax cut implemented as part [...]/p"