Unemployed Americans Join Congressional Democrats, Labor Secretary in Call to Renew Federal Unemployment Insurance

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on Nov. 30, 2011. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON - House and Senate Democrats and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis today joined with dozens of unemployed Americans to urge a renewal of the federal unemployment insurance programs, which are scheduled to begin to expire Dec. 31. Congress has never failed to renew federal unemployment insurance programs with the unemployment rate above 7.2 percent. Without action, 2.1 million Americans will be cut off unemployment insurance by mid-February and six million by the end of the year.

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Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means