unemployment insurance benefits extension Unemployment benefits extension: What's at stake

Unemployment benefits extension: What's at stake

The long-term unemployed are running out of time. link to website

Unemployment-benefits extension crucial for tens of thousands of out-of-work Coloradans

Roughly 81,500 Coloradans will exhaust unemployment benefits in 2012 if the law that lengthens the time people can collect insurance is not renewed in the next two weeks, White House officials said Thursday. link to website

Unemployment Benefits Extension: Some Would Lose Aid Under Senate's Payroll Tax Deal

WASHINGTON -- A breakthrough deal between the White House and party leaders in the U.S. Senate would preserve federal unemployment insurance programs through February. The agreement would prevent more than 1 million jobless from missing out on federal unemployment compensation in the first two months of 2012, but people in 11 states would nevertheless lose benefits during that time. link to website

Unemployment benefits extended; Obama signs bill Friday

An extension of unemployment compensation will keep benefits flowing to hundreds of long-term unemployed workers in Franklin County. President Barack Obama signed a bill Friday that extended a payroll tax cut and federally funded jobless benefits. link to website

Unemployment insurance benefits; put Powers in context; Occupy ideas

Unemployment insurance benefits; put Powers in context; Occupy ideas link to website

Group wants Harris to back federal extension of unemployment benefits

SALISBURY -- A group of unions that champions fair labor practices and workplace rights is appealing to Rep. Andy Harris to support a federal extension of unemployment insurance benefits, citing thousands of Marylanders who would lose unemployment benefits at the onset of what promises to be a brutally cold winter. link to website

Catholic Bishops, Other Religious Groups Lobby For Unemployment Insurance Extension

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been quietly lobbying Congress to keep extended unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless. It's common for faith groups to lobby Congress on economic issues. link to website

INTERVIEW: White House pushes for unemployment insurance extension

In Washington the battle continues over the extension of the federal payroll tax holiday, and an extension of unemployment insurance for people out of work. Today the White House revealed details of a study that shows how many people will be impacted if the unemployment benefits aren't extended. In Virginia alone the impact could be as many as 61,000 people. link to website

Local union applauds extension of unemployment benefits

This Dec. 8, 2011 photo shows Deacon Charles Johnson of Salisbury praying for the unemployed at a news conference and prayer action outside the Delmarva Peninsula Central Labor Council in Salisbury. link to website

Job-seekers await unemployment benefits extension

SALINAS, Calif. -- In this new era of repeatedly bringing the government to the brink of shutdown, some job-seekers at the One Stop Career Center in Salinas said they didn't have much confidence that Congress could take care of millions of Americans in despair. link to website