Senate leaders are only too aware that, amidst the nation’s jobs crisis, the filing deadline for emergency unemployment benefits is less than two weeks away.
“„As the deadline nears, state agencies will begin to send out notices for the termination of benefits, re-program their benefit systems, and develop contingency plans for handling claimants whose benefits are terminated. If Congress does not act to extend benefits now, agencies that administer benefits and families who depend on them will have these essential safety nets pulled out from under them.