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3 Million Set to Lose Benefits in the Beginning of 2014

Number of Unemployed Losing Emergency Unemployment Benefits, By State
WA MT
OR ID WY NV CA NE UT CO KS MO TN IA SD ND MN WI MI PA NY VT NH MA RI CT NJ DE MD DC ME

IL

IN KY

OH WV VA NC* SC

AZ NM

OK

AR
MS AL GA

Legend
1,000 30,999 31,000 90,999 >91,000
FL

TX
AK HI

LA

Analysis In 2008, the federal government established a program to give unemployed workers in hard-hit states up to 99 weeks of benefits; the program is set to expire on Dec. 28, 2013 Congress has not included an extension in the new budget, and many lawmakers say any deal to extend benefits would have to be brokered by the White House and House Speaker Boehner (R-Ohio) If no deal is brokered, 1.3 million will lose benefits immediately, while another 850,000 will lose benefits between January and March 2014 If Congress extends the program, it must be prepared to spend $20 to $25 billion to continue providing unemployment benefits
*North Carolina ended its Emergency Unemployment Insurance Program in July 2013 Source: Center for American Progress, 2013; Kristina Peterson and Siobhan Hughes, Absent From the Budget Deal: Benefits for Long-Term Unemployed, Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2013; Lori Montgomery, Congressional GOP may be willing to let emergency unemployment benefits lapse, The Washington Post, December 3, 2013; Paul Davidson, 2.2 million jobless Americans face aid cutoff, USA Today, December 2, 2013.