Welcome
August 4, 2010: Senator Stabenow, along with Senators Schumer, Casey, Levin, Brown (OH), Reed, Dodd, Durbin, Reid, and Whitehouse, introduced The Americans Want to Work Act (S. 3706). This bill is an important step in terms of supporting people who have exhausted their federal unemployment benefits while simultaneously keeping the focus on job creation and getting people back to work. Visit the blog for more details. 
Americans Want to Work Act Proposes Tier 5 Benefits
What's New
NELP’s Andrew Stettner expounds on the economic value of extended jobless benefits. - 07.23.10
NELP Statement on June Employment Report - 07.02.10
Join NELP Partners Taking it to the Streets to Demand Aid for the Unemployed - 06.20.10
TAKE ACTION: Senate Delay Puts Unemployment Benefits & COBRA Subsidies in Jeopardy for Millions - 06.17.10
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - 06.17.10
Urge Your Senators to Take Action THIS WEEK on UI Benefits and COBRA - 06.14.10
TAKE ACTION: Jobs for America Now Federal Extension Campaign - 06.14.10
Families USA: The Pending Jobs Bill: People Most in Need Could Lose Health Care - 06.08.10
New Poll Finds 74% of Americans Think Congress Should Continue Health Subsidy & Jobless Benefits - 06.07.10
A Shocking New Hiring Trend: Unemployed Need NOT Apply - 06.04.10
What's New
More on 99ers: Reactions and Stories, PBS - 08.18.10
End to COBRA subsidy means higher health insurance bills, USA Today - 08.18.10
Long-Term Joblessness Takes Emotional, Spiritual Toll on ‘99ers’, PBS Newshour - 08.10.10
Stabenow Introduces Legislation to Put People Back to Work and Extend Unemployment Benefits - 08.05.10
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow: Time to Bring Back the American Dream, American Chronicle - 08.02.10
When will unemployment checks be mailed? Not soon, CNN Money - 07.23.10
Five myths about unemployment, Washington Post - 07.22.10
The Value Of Extending Unemployment Benefits, NPR - 07.22.10
Congress Extends $34 Billion Jobless Benefits Package, Bloomberg - 07.22.10
Senate votes, 60-40, to advance jobless benefits legislation, Washington Post - 07.22.10
Another Jobless Benefit Extension: What It Will and Won’t Do, CBS Money Watch - 07.20.10
Senate Set to End Stalemate and Extend Jobless Aid, New York Times - 07.20.10
Presidential Remarks on the Economy, C-SPAN Video - 07.19.10
62% favor extending unemployment benefits, Washington Post - 07.13.10
Senate may extend federal jobless benefits next week, McClatchy - 07.13.10
Extension of unemployment pay should be Congress’ priority, Washington Post - 07.13.10
Jobless benefits extension is mired in political bickering, The Tennessean - 07.12.10
End of Census, and for Many, End of Job, New York Times - 07.12.10
Plenty of clouds hover over ‘recovery’, San Francisco Chronicle - 07.11.10
What to do when unemployment benefits expire, San Jose Mercury News - 07.10.10
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