Congressional Democrats are pressuring Republicans to once again extend emergency benefits to the nation’s unemployed, asserting that more than one million people unable to find work will see their assistance expire just after Christmas unless the issue is addressed.
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee signed and sent a letter to Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) asking the panel’s chairman to hold a hearing on the approaching end of the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, characterizing it as “an urgent economic issue.”
“With the end of the year fast approaching, we must hear from Americans who just days after Christmas would immediately lose their unemployment insurance if Congress takes no action,” the letter said. “We invite you to work with us in setting up such a hearing, so that the human consequences of the pending expiration of the federal unemployment insurance program are fully understood.”
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