Skelton: Extending Unemployment Benefits is a Cost-Effective Way to Stimulate the Economy
September 23, 2009
September 23, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo. (4th CD), issued the following news release:
Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives has approved H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009, to extend unemployment benefits for 13 weeks to states with unemployment rates at or above 8.5 percent. Missouri's unemployment was 9.5 percent in August 2009.
"Extending unemployment benefits is one of the most co . . .
Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives has approved H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009, to extend unemployment benefits for 13 weeks to states with unemployment rates at or above 8.5 percent. Missouri's unemployment was 9.5 percent in August 2009.
"Extending unemployment benefits is one of the most co . . .