State lawmakers in Michigan passed last-minute legislation to preserve 20 weeks of federal unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless on Wednesday, averting an abrupt cutoff for 35,000 Michiganders in April. But in a deal preserving the benefits, lawmakers sharply reduced aid for future layoff victims.Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger (R) hadn't decided last week whether to support legislation that would maintain the state's eligibility for the federal Extended Benefits program, which provides 20 weeks of jobless aid to unemployed workers who've exhausted the standard 26 weeks of state benefits and also the 53 weeks of federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation.