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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]
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).
$40 billion to provide extended unemployment benefits through December 31, and increase them by $25 a week; $19.9 billion for the Food Stamp Program; $14.2 billion to give one-time $250 payments to Social Security recipients, people on Supplemental Security Income, and veterans receiving disability and pensions. $3.45 billion for job training
Getty Images By Mark Koba, Senior Editor Despite arguments to the contrary, giving unemployed Americans extended jobless benefits of up to 99 weeks didn't prevent them from taking jobs, according ...
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 ...
With 15 million Americans unemployed, state unemployment systems are overwhelmed and millions of people have had to wait weeks to get their benefits, according to a report in today's New York Times.
As a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in February 2009, many unemployed people receive up to 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, contingent on state legislation. [citation needed] In July 2010, legislation that provides an extension of federal extended unemployment benefits through November 2010 was signed by the ...
The unemployment rate now stands at 9.8 percent, we learned Friday morning and, to quote Claude Raines in Casablanca, the market was shocked -- shocked! -- by the news, at least initially. True ...