“..More than 200,000 laid-off workers will prematurely lose their unemployment benefits this week thanks to Kentucky Republican Sen. Jim Bunning’s surly refusal to let the Senate extend provisions of last year’s stimulus bill, according to an analysis by the National Employment Law Project.
“This week, tens of thousands of jobless workers will receive the jarring news that they no longer have unemployment benefits..
.. because Congress neglected to meet a basic benchmark for extending them,” said NELP director Christine Owens in a statement.
“As a result, workers, families and their communities will be cut off from a crucial lifeline ..
.. and face even more confusion and uncertainty about when and how their benefits will continue.
Congress must extend benefits immediately — and for the full year.”
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