Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Two-Month Extension of UI and the Payroll Tax Cut Is Inadequate

Rep. Sandy Levin | Posted 02.16.2012

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Rep. Sandy Levin

The American people digging out of the deepest recession in decades deserve much more certainty and compassion about their economic distress.

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It's the Great Recession -- Not the Great Vacation -- That's Responsible for High Unemployment

Chad Stone | Posted 02.15.2012

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Chad Stone

Two competing narratives frame the debate about why unemployment remains so high even though the economy has been growing for more than two years.

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Arthur Delaney

A 99er Gets Hired In North Carolina

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.06.2011

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Before landing a full-time job that started last week, Ali Braswell didn't think she could make September's rent. She'd started scoping out storage op...

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Peaceful Revolution: Congress: Include Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act in the Recovery Package!

Elizabeth Lower-Basch | Posted 11.17.2011

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Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Astonishingly enough, what the government often does is give breaks to everyone except the people who need them the most. Less than 40 percent of unemployed workers receive UI benefits.

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