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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
PA has the length of benefits limit set by state law. Numerous times, when unemployment reached a set threshold, weeks were added as a "Federal Extension of benefits", I presume with Federal money. When the rate falls below the threshold the extra weeks stop, I don't think any changes of the law or action by the state legislature is needed.
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And yet several Republican governors are still putting out talking points misrepresenting the expansion of unemployment insurance in the stimulus bills.
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Mississippi Republican Governor Haley Barbour may follow suit in rejecting part of President Obama's economic stimulus package that would expand unemployment insurance. In a recent interview with Fox News, Barbour said that he does not agree with changing state rules to allow people that are able to work full time, the opportunity to receive unemployment compensation if they choose not to.
http://www.fox40now.com/news/local/40030927.html
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