This bill would provide for 13 more weeks on unemployment benefits to workers exhausting their regular unemployment compensation. In states with unemployment rates above 6 percent, it would provide an additional 13 weeks, for a total of 26. The extension would apply to anyone whose benefits are exhausted before January 2009, an estimated 3.5 million.
But I'm sure no republicans in FL-04 have lost their jobs, so this won't anger Ander's base. Right?
