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The Senate has passed H.R. 4691, extending unemployment benefits (including both the Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Extended Benefits programs), the additional $25 per week, and COBRA subsidies through April 5 in a 78-19 vote. What's Next? ___________________________________________________________________________Senate Passes Month Long Extension of Jobless Benefits
H.R. 4691 Extending Federally Funded Programs Through April 5, 2010
The Senate also passed a jobs bill that if passed in the House, would provide federal extensions of unemployment benefits for jobless workers through the end of 2010.
As many of you have noted, this bill does not add any weeks of benefits to the EUC program. Unfortunately, the Senate was not willing to consider an expansion of the program while still trying to continue the basic benefits through the end of the year. NELP is working on an effort to directly address the historic needs of the long-term unemployed, including extra weeks of benefits, targeted job creation programs and other helpful measures.
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What's New
NELP Testifies Before the Vermont Senate Committee on Finance - 03.15.10
South Dakota Leads the Way for a Second Wave of Modernization of State Unemployment Programs - 03.15.10
Senate Passes Jobs Bill Extending Federally Funded Programs Through 2010 - 03.10.10
February Job Losses Keep Long Term Unemployment Sky High - 03.09.10
NELP Pushes for UI Extensions Through 2010 to Prevent More Benefit Lapses for Long-Term Unemployed - 03.05.10
Senate Passes Month-Long Extension of Jobless Benefits - 03.04.10
Over 200,000 to Lose Jobless Benefits This Week. Sign ONLINE Petition Now! - 03.02.10
NEW NELP Analysis: Over 200,000 To Lose Jobless Benefits This Week - 03.02.10
Senate Amendment 3336 to H.R. 4213 — American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 - 03.01.10
NELP Calls for Immediate Passage of 30-Day Stopgap for 1.2 Million at Risk of Losing Benefits - 02.25.10
What's New
Jobs Bill Headed to Obama’s desk, LA Times - 03.17.10
Immigrants Vulnerable as Recession Spurs More Bosses to Shortchange Workers, Washington Post - 03.17.10
The Senate’s $149 Billion Jobs Bill: What Does It Do For You?, ABC - 03.12.10
N.E. Democrats Seek to Fix Unemployment Glitch, The Boston Globe - 03.12.10
Schumer: Washington Post Story ‘Burned Me Up’, Huffington Post - 03.11.10
The Answer to the Recession is to Make People More Desperate?, AJC - 03.11.10
Good News for Most: US Senate Passes Unemployment Extension Legislation, Now It Goes to the House - 03.11.10
Guest View: Congress Has a Job to Do for Workers, San Gabriel Valley - 03.11.10
Senate Jobs Bill Moves Toward Final Vote, The Washington Post - 03.10.10
Long-Term Unemployed Finding It Sometimes Pays Better Not To Work, Courant.com - 03.10.10
Senate to Pass Jobless Aid, Business Tax Breaks, The Associated Press - 03.10.10
Jobless Benefits as Entitlement, Washington Independent - 03.10.10
U.S. Senate Set to Vote on Plan to Extend Unemployment Benefits - 03.10.10
Bill to Extend Jobless Benefits Clears Senate Hurdle, Bloomberg - 03.09.10
No Break Expected in Illinois Jobless Benefits, Chicago Sun Times - 03.04.10
Extended Unemployment Benefits Create Confusion for Some Floridians, Florida Sun-Sentinel - 03.04.10
Most UI Recipients Should Receive Checks As Normal Despite Jim Bunning’s Obstruction, Huffington Pos - 03.04.10
Lone Holdout Gives In, Senate OKs Jobless Benefits, Washington Post - 03.03.10
GOP’s Bunning Relents, OKs Action on Jobless Bill, Associated Press - 03.03.10
Unemployment Claims Drop , CNN Money - 03.03.10
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