Unemployment Insurance

Latest News

HNR: Victory:  13 More Weeks of Unemployment Benefits; Congress Enacts and President Signs Bill Adding Domestic Items to War Funding (7/1/08)
HNR: Millions Running Out of Jobless Benefits:  House Takes Strong Vote to Help (6/13/08)
House Ways & Means Committee: Letters of Support for Unemployment Insurance Extension (6/9/08)
HNR: Congress Finishes Head Start and Leaves Some Unfinished Business (12/21/07)

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Policy Analyses and Research

NELP: Estimated Number of Workers Eligible for Extended Unemployment Benefits Under Supplemental Spending Package (5/14/08)
NELP: End of the Roadfor Gulf Coast Families - Congress Must Extend Jobless Benefits by March (2/20/06)
NELP: UI to be Cut in LA, Not Able to Respond to Katrina (10/6/05)
CBPP: Unemployment Benefits Are Too Low for Hurricane Survivors (9/27/05)
NELP & CEPR: Clearing the Path to UI for Low-Wage Workers (8/15/05)
EPI Job Picture (updated each month)
Annie E Casey: 2005 KIDS COUNT Report Shows Increase in Child Poverty (7/27/05)
includes data on children living with unemployed parents

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Government Resources

House Ways and Means Committee: Unemployment Extension Briefing Materials (6/9/08)
Includes reasons for extending benefits; a brief summary of "The Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act" H.R. 5749; and the estimated number of workers by state eligible for extended unemployment benefits under H.R. 5749.
Status of S. 1062 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 (introduced by Sen. Kennedy 5/18/05)
Status of S 923 Economic Security Act of 2003 (introduced by Sen. Kennedy 4/11/03)
Status of HR 3554 TEUC and EB Amendments Act of 2003 (introduced by Rep. McDermott 11/20/03)

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