Will Unemployment Be Extended?

     On Tuesday, the Senate voted to move ahead on extending unemployment benefits by another three months for 1.3 million Americans.  However, the vote does not guarantee that benefits will be extended as it needs to clear its final passage in the Senate and then be passed by the House.

     According to NPR, "Federal unemployment benefits were signed into law in 2008 by President George W. Bush to provide an average of $300 a week to jobless Americans for an additional 28 weeks after their state benefits expired. It was meant as a stopgap measure during the recession, which saw the worst unemployment in decades. As the length and depth of the recession dragged on, the measure was extended more than 10 times."

     So how much will the extension cost?  Approximately $6.5 billion.  More to come as this issue progresses.

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