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WSJ | Deadline Looms for Long-Term Unemployed
More than 40% of the nearly five million Americans who receive unemployment insurance are set to lose those benefits if federal programs expire as scheduled at year-end.
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WSJ | How Long Can You Collect Unemployment Benefits?
When job losses skyrocketed in 2008, Congress passed emergency measures to supplement state-level unemployment insurance programs, which generally offer six months of benefits. At their peak, the federally backed programs extended benefits to up to 99 weeks in some — though never all — states.
