Bush Signs Unemployment Benefits Extension

Today Bush signed an entension of jobless benefits only after Republicans blocked attempts by Democratic leaders to create an economic stimulus package which included an emergency loan to U.S. car makers. My concern is that this is the second extension this year. How long do we continue extending these benefits? The last one came in June of this year, which increased unemployment benefits by 13 weeks. That extension was buried in the fiscal 2008 supplemental spending law. This new extension increases benefits by another seven weeks and, by some charity, gets the unemployed through the holiday season. Then what?