Committee on Ways and Means

UNEMPLOYMENT RESOURCE KIT

Extended Benefits Legislation 

• Summary of S. 23, Providing a Five-Month Extension of the TEUC Act of 2002
• Talking Points in Support of S. 23
• House Republicans Have Passed Multiple Bills Assisting the Unemployed
• Weeks of Unemployment Benefits Under Permanent Law and Temporary Program
• H.R. 3090, “Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act”
• Summary of Unemployment Provisions in H.R. 3090

Background Information

• Debunking Liberal Myths on the Unemployment Picture
• Democratic Unemployment Plan Poorly Targeted
• Who Are the “One Million” Workers the Democrats Refer To?
• State-by-State Breakdown of Federal Extended Benefit Recipients
• Comparison of Unemployment Rates in Previous Recessions
• Permanent Extended Benefits Program (50% State/50% Federal)
• Extended Unemployment Benefits In “High Unemployment States”
• State by State Breakdown of Reed Act Transfer ($8 billion) in March 2002 Stimulus
• House Republicans Provided Extended Unemployment Benefits

Press Releases

• January 8, 2003 -- "Unemployed Workers to Receive Further Assistance"
• January 7, 2003 - "House Poised to Deliver Even More Help to Unemployed Workers"
• November 22, 2002 – “House Has Acted Repeatedly to Assist Unemployed Workers”
• October 31, 2002 – “Republicans Are Creating Jobs for American Families”
• October 4, 2002 – “Unemployment Declines; More Jobs Created”
• March 7, 2002 – Chairman Thomas Floor Statement on H.R. 3090