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| Published: | 2014-Feb-25 |
| Last Updated: | 2014-Jun-24 |
| Principal Writer: | Barry Shatzman |
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act
2014 (S-2532)
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act2014 (HR-3979)
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What is the status of Unemployment Compensation?
Since December 2012, nobody is eligible for more than 6 months of unemployment compensation.
The House of Representatives and the Senate would need to introduce and pass legislation to extend benefits beyond that.
What did the previous Congress do?
The 113th Congress considered two bills that would have extended benefits for an additional 5 months.
o The House of Representatives did not take any action on that bill. The Senate then introduced a new version of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act (S-2532). That bill also would have extended benefits, though they would not be paid retroactively. Instead, benefits would resume (if still unemployed) and continue until a total of 11 months of benefits had been paid).
President Barack Obama had indicated he would sign the HR-3979 had the House of Representatives approved it. However, House Speaker John Boehner did not allow the bill to be voted on.
Both bills effectively died when the term of the 113th Congress ended Jan 2, 2015.
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