The Senate has passed a sweeping Pentagon bill that keeps military sexual assault cases within the chain of command while adding some new protections for survivors. It also raises military pay by 1 percent and bars the transfer of Guantánamo prisoners to the United States. Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid vowed the Senate will take up the issue of unemployment benefits in early January when it returns from break; jobless payments will expire for 1.3 million people just three days after Christmas.