Earlier Wednesday, the US Senate passed a wide-ranging bill that will extend the filing date for unemployment to December.

It will also extend dozens of expired tax breaks for businesses.

Among the items in the multi- billion dollar bill is a move to lengthen the amount of time those on unemployment insurance can be covered.

The move drew reaction from those I talked to mixed reaction from the unemployed in this area.

I asked Nick Lindsey how he's been dealing with his unemployment checks soon to run out.

"I think about it everyday. Cause I've got like 8 weeks left so I'm really hustling right now," says Lindsey, who has been unemployed for 14 months.

When I told him a new bill would extend those days, here's his reaction.

"I don't want it. I don't want it. I'd rather work. I've been working since I was 15."

Lindsey says he grateful for the Federal extension, but it still can't give him the life he's looking for.

Unemployed since December 2008, Faye Alford says she's very happy about the decision.

"I think its wonderful because I've been on the job hunt for over a year and it's impossible to find a job because there's so many of us laid off, this is our bread and butter right now."

"In the last several months, we've definitely seen an increase in walk-ins looking for applications," says Josh Wilson, General Manager of Linzie's Exceptional Sandwiches.

The bill also hopes to make businesses more receptive to hiring the unemployed by offering tax breaks.

"Its great across the board for a lot of industries. Lots of people are looking for jobs now and I think this could be very influential with helping with that problem," adds Wilson.

He says while his restaurants are expanding and more people are coming on-board a tax break likely won't factor much into who is hired.

"Basically as we hire people, we're always going to seek to do whats best for the business. We're going to hire the best people, we're going to hire what we need," says Wilson.

Which many are hoping is a job for them.

Wednesday's bill was passed just as data released shows the unemployment rate nationwide rose in January.

Right now, Kentucky's unemployed stands at 10.7%.