Politico's Chris Frates on who's to blame for ending unemployment benefits July 1, 2010— -- More than 1.3 million unemployed workers won't be getting their next round of unemployment benefits, ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which President Obama signed on Feb. 17, 2009, contains a major extension of unemployment benefits. States administer unemployment based on federal ...

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The Senate has decided not to go forward with a vote on legislation that would have extended sequestration cuts through 2024 to fund unemployment benefits. Federal lawmakers have been working to ...

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 ...

Oregon Senate Bill 916 would grant unemployment benefits to striking workers after two weeks. If passed, Oregon would be the first state to allow striking public employees to receive unemployment ...

Wednesday marks the beginning of the end of extended unemployment benefits for about 2 million Americans. A bill to extend the benefits past the end of December was blocked by House Republicans in mid ...

In late March, Congress approved the CARES Act, which was passed in an effort to keep the economy afloat amid the spread of the coronavirus. A major component of the CARES Act was a $600 weekly ...

Vote on the 30-day extension of benefits expected later this week. WASHINGTON, April 12, 2010— -- It may end up taking them 20 days to do it, but Democrats in the Senate are now on track to ...

Minnesota lawmakers could extend unemployment benefits for hundreds of steelworkers laid off from facilities in the state’s northeast mining region. A group of union officials and Iron Range lawmakers ...