What Is Unemployment Insurance?
Why Congress Must Extend These Benefits
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What is unemployment insurance? How does unemployment insurance work? Why is it important for Congress to extend unemployment insurance right now?
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For more information, see:
- Why We Need to Extend Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- Unemployment Insurance Benefits Don’t Prevent Job Searching by Heather Boushey and Jordan Eizenga
- Extending Unemployment Insurance 101, by Heather Boushey and Jordan Eizenga
- Animation: How Unemployment Insurance Helps Families and the Economy
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