Unemployment

Issue Brief: Republican Claim that States Can Pay for Extended Unemployment Benefits is Just Plain Wrong

Cardin Dear Colleague On Extending Unemployment Benefits

Accuracy Alert #1: The True Number of Unemployed is Masked by the Increasing Number of People Who Have Given Up looking for Work

Accuracy Alert #2: The States Cannot Extend Unemployment Benefits Using So-Called Reed Act Distributions

Accuracy Alert #3: Past Unemployment Extensions Expired Only After a Full Job Recovery

Accuracy Alert #4: Extended Unemployment Denefits Do Not Increase Unemployment

Accuracy Alert #5: Experts Say the Huge Job Losses Are Real

Letter to Secretary Chao asking questions about unemployment figures.

Rangel, Cardin Dear Colleague: Nearly 2 Million Unemployed Anericans will be hurt by the Expiration of the Federal Unemployment Benefits Program

Rangel Issue Brief on the Republican Claim that States Can Pay for Extended Unemployment Benefits is Just Plain Wrong

Issue Brief on Need to Extent Unemployment Insurance Benefits (October 21, 2003)

Rangel/Cardin Press Release: Urge Action to Combat Rising Poverty in America

Rangel Press Release: Rangel Reacts to June's 6.4% Unemployment Rate Rangel

Press Release: House Democrats Declare Urgent Need to Extend Unemployment Benefits beore they Expire on May 31

Levin Press Release: Republicans Still Refuse to Assist Those Unemployed the Longest

Rangel Press Release: House Democrats Push for an Extension in Unemployment Benefits after New Numbers Show Continued Job Losses

Cardin Press Release: Bill to Extend Unemployment Benefits Ignores More than 1 Million Workers

Summary of the Unemployment Benefits Extension Act (H.R. 1652)

Chart: Number of Workers Helped by Rangel-Cardin Unemployment Extension Bill (H.R. 1652)

Rangel Press Release: Ways and Means Democrats Introduce Extended Unemployment Benefits Bill