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Congress Fails to Continue Extended Unemployment Benefits

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It is not a very Happy New Year for unemployed people, but it's even less happy for the long-term unemployed. 

Because Congress recessed for the holiday season without extending unemployment payments, as it had in previous years.  That (non-) move cuts off money to more than a million people immediately, and many more in the months ahead. 

We visit with theNational Employment Law Project about the payments and the prospects for getting them restored. 
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.