Reports by Martha Coven
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The Unemployment Rate Is Already High Enough to Warrant Extended Benefits
Revised June 16, 2008
On June 6, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate had risen sharply, to 5.5 percent. Legislation is moving on Capitol Hill to provide additional weeks of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to people whose regular benefits run out before they can find a new job. (The House passed such legislation June 12.) … -
How Low-Income Consumers Fare in the Senate Climate-Change Bill
June 3, 2008
On June 2, the Senate began consideration of S. 3036, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008. This is landmark legislation that would establish a cap on U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions — a critical step forward in the fight against global warming. It would do so without endangering future economic growth and … -
Senate Proposal to Add Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improves Effectiveness of Stimulus Bill
January 31, 2008
The economic stimulus package approved by the Senate Finance Committee contains an important improvement to the package the House passed January 29 — the addition of temporary extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. The Finance bill would make 13 weeks of additional UI benefits available to all jobless Americans who …
