As part of the jobless bill passed today (March 10th), the Senate voted to extend eligibility for unemployment benefits and COBRA through the end of 2010. Today’s Senate bill adds to the legislation passed on March 2nd, which extended eligibility through the end of March.
The House of Representatives still needs to vote on the new bill, which is expected to happen before the end of the month.
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i have been praying every night i am a single mom going to school and living off unemployment and it will run out next week and i am not able to file for my 1st extention unless the new extention passes
Hi Kristin – The unemployment extension saga has been playing out over and over this year in Congress. The good news for you is that it looks like there is a chance for another extension. If passed, this would extend eligiblity for EUC through the end of November.
will they be a tier5 of unemployment extension as of march 2010