reva bhalla joining us a 2:15 on "bottom line." senate democrats will try again today to pass extension of emergency unemployment benefits. it would affect more than 2 million americans. i handful of republicans are on board. bloomberg washington correspondent peter cook is following the story. the question right now is do they have the votes? >> they appear to have the votes, mark, and this vote will take place at her this afternoon. the senate is coming into session now. this is a fight that has been waged since december. democrats are trying to extend these benefits since that time, and it looks like they have the number of votes they need in the senate to get it done. the question remains, what is going to happen to this measure in the house of representatives? this latest proposal is bipartisan, coming from senator jack reed from rhode island and dean heller from nevada. this legislation of reauthorizes unemployment benefits, the emergency benefits through may, and he would be retroactive, as you said. more than 2 million amer