The Extended Unemployment Benefits program serves as a crucial support system for workers who have depleted their regular unemployment benefits. During times of high unemployment, these benefits ...

Congress adjourns this week for the July Fourth recess without having passed a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits to 1.3 million people who started losing them this month. Democrats have ...

Earlier this week, Congress failed to extend unemployment benefits for people who've been out of work in the long-term. The proposal on the table was to provide assistance past the usual 26 weeks that ...

When Congress returns next week, Democratic leaders will take up legislation to extend unemployment benefits for the eighth time since 2008. Much of the fight to pass the bill will revolve around ...

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There are two Americas. In one America, working stiffs wonder if it makes sense for the government to pay unemployment benefits for 99 weeks. In this America, folks have a lot of sympathy for those ...

On Tuesday, the Senate failed to muster up the votes to pass an extension of unemployment insurance. Some 1.3 million workers lost their jobless benefits on Dec. 28 when an emergency program to help ...