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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
A bill to provide for a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation.
previous 110th session of congressThis bill would provide 20 more weeks of unemployment insurance benefits to those who exhausted their benefits within the past year and are still unemployed. In states with exceptionally high unemployment, it would provide for an additional 13 weeks of benefits. It would also increase all individual benefits by $50 per week.
This bill has been replaced by new legislation - H.R.6867.
1/22/2008--Introduced.
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make temporary extended unemployment compensation payments to individuals who:
(1) have exhausted all rights to regular compens... more
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by Senate | | Voted on by House | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| January 22, 2008 |
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December 30, 2008 Neda Blog: Unemployment extension
S.2544 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 on OpenCongress Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 A bill to provide for a program of. SAVANNAH, Ga. (WLS) -- The extension will mean some people ...
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