Unemployment Policy Issues
Financing, Integrity, and Duration of Unemployment Benefits
The 113th Congress faces a number of issues related to currently available unemployment insurance programs: Unemployment Compensation (UC), temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08), and Extended Benefits (EB). With the national unemployment rate decreasing but still high, the weekly demand for extended unemployment benefits continues at elevated levels. Congress deliberated multiple times on whether to extend the authorization for several key temporary unemployment insurance provisions in the 112th Congress. The signing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act on January 2, 2013, meant that the EUC08 program expired the week ending on or before January 1, 2014, if Congress did not act. The 100…
