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11.4 million Americans are facing an unemployment benefit cliff if Congress doesn’t act soon, new report finds

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Unemployment benefits will expire in mid-March if Congress does not pass a stimulus package before then, putting 11.4 million Americans at risk of losing needed aid.

As part of his $2 trillion stimulus proposal, President Joe Biden called on Congress to extend unemployment benefits through the end of September and provide $400 weekly benefits to unemployed Americans. The House Ways and Means Committee’s stimulus bill unveiled on Monday included Biden’s proposed $400 weekly benefits, but those benefits would end on August 29. Regardless of the proposal to extend the benefits, key jobless aid measures will details ⇒

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