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    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Sep 27 | Bill To Fix UI Announced

    Today Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, Senator Michael F. Bennet, and Senator Sherrod Brown introduced a bill to make...
    Official Statement
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Sept 15 | New Bill To Extend Pandemic UI Introduced

    Yesterday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced she is introducing a bill to extend pandemic UI programs through...
    Official Statement
    • Aug 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Aug 21 | August Updates

    26 states have threatened or ended federal pandemic UI benefits early. Some states have started lawsuits to fight back against these...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Jul 19 | Summer Updates

    First, some good news! Tax refunds are coming for those that filed their 2020 taxes before the $10,200 UI tax forgiveness was passed. A...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Jun 17 | Recent Updates

    A roundup of recent news regarding unemployment pandemic programs: At this point TWENTY-FIVE states led by Republican governors are...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • May 13, 2021
    • 7 min

    May 13 | Action Items for Saving Federal UI

    As many of you know Republican governors have declared war on UI. 16 governors so far have announced they are opting out of federal...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • May 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    May 11 | Some States Ending Federal UI Early

    Due to appalling and false rhetoric circulating claiming boosted unemployment insurance is discouraging people from taking jobs, some...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    Apr 28 | Fixing UI is in the american Families Plan Outline

    A mention of permanent reform to the unemployment system made it into the White House's American Families Plan! Unlike the American...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Apr 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Apr 23 | Efforts for UI Reform & Relief

    Members of Congress are calling on President Biden to include UI system reform in the American Families Plan. This is a crucial component...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Apr 18, 2021
    • 5 min

    Apr 14 | Legislation to Reform UI

    Senators Wyden and Bennet have released a proposal to permanently reform the Unemployment Insurance System. This is much needed work and...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Apr 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Apr 8 | NYS Wins

    We are VERY proud to announce MAJOR wins for workers in the NYS budget finally passed this week. We a re grateful to the NYS legislators...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Mar 7 | Senate Passes ARP With Changes

    A graphic series on this weekend's developments: Here's the FULL BREAKDOWN of the Senate's modifications to the House version of the...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Mar 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Mar 5 | UI Amendments

    Two amendments to the unemployment provisions are currently being discussed on the Senate floor. Senate Democrats (via Senator Carper)...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Mar 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    Mar 4 | Senate progress on ARP

    The Senate voted to start proceedings on the American Rescue Plan (the upcoming COVID relief plan moving through the reconciliation...
    Feb 27 | House Passes Plan
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Feb 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    Feb 27 | House Passes Plan

    The House of Representatives finally passed the American Rescue Plan as part of reconciliation. The next three days are crucial in the...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Feb 26 | DOL expands PUA eligibility

    The US Department of Labor has issued guidance expanding PUA eligibility! From our inbox: The new guidance expands eligibility to three...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Feb 10 | Committee Progress

    The Ways and Means Committee approved the unemployment provisions for upcoming COVID relief including $400 weekly FPUC and extension of...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Jan 8 | Committee Proposal

    The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee has released their proposal for relevant COVID19 relief measures to go through...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Feb 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Feb 5 | Jan Jobs Report

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the January jobs report on Friday. It’s a bleak view of the economy, but provides important data...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Feb 5, 2021
    • 3 min

    Feb 5 | Reconciliation

    Further COVID relief has two ways of being passed in the coming weeks and it looks like the second, reconciliation, is most likely. Two...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Jan 31, 2021
    • 3 min

    Jan 31 | GOP Proposal

    Today 10 Republicans sent a letter (full text here) to the Biden administration, proposing a much smaller COVID relief package, coming in...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Jan 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Jan 24 | NYS Partial UI

    On January 18th we had a huge WIN for unemployed and underemployed New Yorkers! According to Governor Cuomo, Partial UI in NYS will now...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Jan 14, 2021
    • 2 min

    Jan 14 | Biden's Relief Plan

    First, we state that this is a plan NOT a bill. This proposal can be used by Congress to write legislation, there is still room for...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Jan 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Jan 8 | Dec Jobs Report

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the December jobs report on Friday. With only about half of the pandemic job losses...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dec 27 | Bill Signed By Trump

    Just after 8pm on Sunday December 27th Trump finally signed the omnibus bill that contains the relief bill passed by Congress a week ago....
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dec 23 | Presidential Approval

    Trump has threatened to veto the relief bill. He has not officially vetoed and he is "still deciding" if he will. Current state of play...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Dec 21 | Bill Text Details

    The bill text has finally been released. Full text is here. It's over 5,000 pages because it is wrapped into the omnibus bill. ADDITIONAL...
    Official Statement
    • Dec 21, 2020
    • 6 min

    Dec 21 | Relief Deal Summary and Statement

    ExtendPUA.org Statement on December Relief Deal Congressional leadership has finally reached a deal on the relief bill. It is 6 months...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dec 14 | Bipartisan Text

    The bipartisan relief package text has finally been released. It has nothing new or surprising from what we have learned over the last...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dec 9 | Bipartisan Details

    First, we will briefly acknowledge movements made by the White House and McConnell so that your questions are answered. Then we encourage...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dec 4 | Nov Jobs Report

    Another Jobs Report, this time broken down in graphic format. Sources for this information include the BLS November Jobs Report Economic...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dec 2 | BiPartisan Progress

    Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer released a join statement today saying they are willing to compromise to get emergency relief out to...
    Dec 1 Summary
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dec 1 Summary

    A lot of proposals were released today. The most important thing to note is that legislators are feeling the pressure. These proposals...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dec 1 | Holiday Relief Act

    Separate from the bipartisan proposal that just hit the press this morning and is detailed in the previous post here, 5 Senators have...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Dec 1 | Bipartisan Proposal

    There has already been progress on the bipartisan conversations we mentioned last night. The bipartisan group of Senators we mentioned...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Nov 30 | Bipartisan talks

    While we have seen little movement over the holidays from leadership besides political posturing on both sides, we are hearing growing...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Nov 16 | Update

    So where are we now? The Senate returned to DC last week. The House returned this week. Negotiations between the White House and Pelosi...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Nov 7, 2020
    • 5 min

    Nov 6 | Oct Jobs Report

    Another jobs day, another month without relief, another day of spin from people an d politicians who aren't experiencing the real life...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Nov 5 | Post Election Hope

    The highly contentious election polarized elected officials on a relief bill. Now that campaigning has ended, it seems that everyone...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Oct 28 | Negotiations Standstill

    This is a discouraging update so we will first say that we have not and will not stop fighting for relief. As part of the SCOTUS debates...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Oct 20 | WH Deal Progresses

    Speaker Pelosi's 24 hour deadline is upon us. It seems that setting a deadline effectively put pressure on the negotiations. According to...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Oct 18 | Coming This Week

    Speaker Pelosi and Secretary Mnuchin spoke Saturday evening at 730pm for an hour according to Drew Hammill, Pelosi's Deputy Chief of...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    Oct 13 | Senate Race Debates

    Many of the Senators who are standing in the way of relief are up for re-election. Senator McConnell, who has been the biggest road block...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 12, 2020
    • 3 min

    Oct 12 | 1.8T Offer From the WH

    On Friday the White House offered a 1.8 trillion dollar deal in negotiations. It includes: $1,200 direct payments to adults plus $1,000...
    Oct 8 | WH PI-VOT! Negotiations Resume
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Oct 8 | WH PI-VOT! Negotiations Resume

    We're getting a little dizzy from all the head spinning caused by changing minds in the Senate and White House regarding the status of...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Oct 7 | Negotiations "halted"

    It is not over. As many know, Trump tweeted yesterday that he was ending negotiations, blaming Nancy Pelosi. Here is a direct quote from...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Oct 2 | SepT Jobs Report

    The September Jobs Report has been released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and it just further proves the need for relief. This is...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Oct 1 | 1.6T White House Proposal

    HEROES passed the House in May and was never put to a vote in the Senate by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. More information on that...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Sep 28 | HEROES V.2

    House Democrats have released a trimmed down version of The HEROES Act coming in at $2.2 Trillion instead of the $3.4 Trillion it was...
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Sep 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Sep 28 | Coming soon: New House Bill

    Update: In a meeting with Speaker Pelosi's office today we were told a new bill from the House will be released tonight. We had meetings...
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    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    July 27 | HEALS Introduced

    McConnell introduces the HEALS Act. Details at ExtendPUA.org/heals #HEROES #HEALS #CARES #McConnell
    ExtendPUA.org Team
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    May 15 - July 27 | Inaction Period

    (Over two months of inaction) McConnell does not bring HEROES to the Senate floor and does not provide an alternative plan or bill. #HEROES #Cares #McConnell
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