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The most recent extension was provided by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which extended unemployment benefits until the end of 2013. [ 2 ] The United States Department of Labor 's Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average (mean) duration of unemployment in weeks was 37.2 weeks in November 2013. [ 3 ]
This tax benefit, also known as the 199a deduction, is generally supported by Republicans, making it more likely that it will be extended thanks to the Republican-dominated Congress.
The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009 is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 111th United States Congress by Congressman Jim McDermott that would give an extra 13 weeks of unemployment benefits to jobless workers in states with unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or more. [1]
Federal unemployment benefits were extended for a year without a budget offset elsewhere, a cost of $30 billion. [3] The Medicare "doc fix", suspending reductions in physician payments to conform to the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, was extended for one year. [5]
Shutterstock/Sharon Day On Dec. 28, all people currently receiving unemployment insurance through the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program will lose their benefits, unless the ...
Unemployment benefits will expire on March 14 without a stimulus bill. Also on the table: paid sick leave, small business aid, and housing aid.
In the United States, there is a standard of 26 weeks of unemployment compensation, known as "regular unemployment insurance (UI) benefits".As of December 2020, the U.S. has three programs for extending unemployment benefits: [1] Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC), Extended Benefits (EB), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC).
The Senate moved forward with the unemployment benefits extension bill, which will provide retroactive benefits until the end of the year, effectively beating the Republican filibuster with a vote ...