 | President Obama is scheduled today to put his signature to HR 3548, the unemployment extension bill that's been struggling to make its way out of Congress for over a month. Thousands of unemployed . . . more |
Until I received a notice yesterday I was unaware of this part of the massive stimulus act by Congress:
This notice is to inform you that effective February 22, 2009, an additional $25 per week increase in unemployment benefits was authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The $25 weekly benefit will be paid beginning the week of March 23, 2009, and you will be compensated retroactively to the effective date of the Act (February 22, 2009).Now that might not seem like much, but it's actually significant for those of us on the dole. Cheers for a small bump directly into the pockets of the unemployed!
