On Tuesday, the Senate failed to muster up the votes to pass an extension of unemployment insurance. Some 1.3 million workers lost their jobless benefits on Dec. 28 when an emergency program to help ...

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans agreed to vote Thursday night on legislation extending unemployment benefits under a program set to expire next week, blunting a potential political weapon for ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) staked out radical opposition to any extension of the federal government’s extra $600 a week unemployment payments beyond July 31, promising that any continuation of that ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which President Obama signed on Feb. 17, 2009, contains a major extension of unemployment benefits. States administer unemployment based on federal ...

DENVER — Colorado is waiting on a decision from the U.S. Department of Labor on how to move forward with its extended unemployment benefits program. The State Extended Benefits program is paid for by ...

WASHINTON, D.C. -- Senate Democrats are unveiling a plan to extend additional unemployment benefits. This is for the extra $600 every week, on top of what states already offer for unemployment. The ...

In late March, Congress approved the CARES Act, which was passed in an effort to keep the economy afloat amid the spread of the coronavirus. A major component of the CARES Act was a $600 weekly ...