Unemployment Insurance

American Rescue Plan Act Will Help Millions and Bolster the Economy

The American Rescue Plan Act, which Congress has passed and President Biden is expected to sign on March 12, will provide needed help to tens of millions of people, reduce high levels of hardship,...

Parrott: Senate’s American Rescue Plan Would Dramatically Reduce Hardship, Begin to Set Stage for Stronger Recovery

The Senate should pass the bill as quickly as possible so that these critical relief measures can begin to reach those who need...

House Relief Package Would Help Millions and Bolster the Economy

The House’s emerging economic relief package would provide needed help to tens of millions of people, reduce high levels of hardship, help school districts address student learning loss, and...

Roundup: Congressional Action on COVID Relief

Both the House and the Senate have passed a fiscal year 2021 budget resolution and will work in the coming weeks to pass urgently needed COVID-19 relief legislation. We’ve excerpted below CBPP’s...

COVID Relief Package Includes Important Unemployment Benefit Extensions, But Duration Should Be Extended

The House Ways and Means Committee will consider legislation this week to extend critical unemployment benefit provisions that help unemployed people pay their bills and care for their families. The...

Hardship Growing as Pandemic Enters 11th Month, New Census Figures Show

A large and growing number of people are struggling to meet basic needs, according to Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey data released this week, and households with children in particular have had...

Greenstein: Bipartisan Agreement Provides Urgently Needed Relief

Millions of struggling people cannot wait any longer. Despite its gaps, the bipartisan COVID relief agreement should be enacted without any further...

Wave of Evictions Nears as Moratorium Set to Expire

December 10, 2020: We've updated this blog. An estimated 9.2 million adult renters who have lost employment income during COVID-19 are not caught up on rent, 23 percent of such renters, our...

New Data on Hardship Underscore Continued Need for Substantial COVID Relief

Tens of millions of people are struggling to meet basic needs, according to the most recent Census data released on December 2, yet core parts of the relief that policymakers provided this spring...

Weakening Economy, Widespread Hardship Show Urgent Need for Further Relief

With COVID-19 still not under control — in fact, cases are spiking in many parts of the country — and the economic recovery slowing, additional well-designed relief measures are vital to...

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