With Federal Benefits Set to Expire, Unemployed Workers Face Shrinking Safety Net - ProPublica

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Unless Congress acts to extend programs for those who have exhausted regular state unemployment benefits, millions of jobless workers may soon be phased out of emergency unemployment benefits [1].Unemployment benefits from states typically last for 26 weeks, but since 2008, Congress has on four occasions [2] passed emergency provisions that use federal funds to extend benefits for jobless workers by up to 73 weeks [3], depending on the state’s laws and unemployment rate. These benefits are set to expire tomorrow unless lawmakers intervene.
With Federal Benefits Set to Expire, Unemployed Workers Face Shrinking Safety Net - ProPublica

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