@JECDems Allowing enhanced UI benefits to expire will hurt the economy by slowing the economic recovery and causing more pai… https://t.co/QY832Mtl65 Jun 05, 2020
@JECDems Point 6 The #coronavirus is what’s really destroying the labor market. As a result, workers are afraid to work, c… https://t.co/OVBR7TxX5h Jun 05, 2020
@JECDems Point 5Claims that enhanced UI benefits are destroying the labor market are misplaced. Workers who have jobs ge… https://t.co/xal2KXo1IE Jun 05, 2020
@JECDems Point 4Evidence shows that $1 of UI benefits increases GDP by $1-$1.60. Doing some rough, back-of-the-envelope ma… https://t.co/GspPhOKa1j Jun 05, 2020
@JECDems Point 3 Enhanced UI benefits are preventing a complete collapse in consumer spending, which would cost the econom… https://t.co/mL2nI0AGbt Jun 05, 2020
@JECDems Point 2 Forcing millions of workers to rely on regular UI benefits would force them into poverty. In 13 states, r… https://t.co/mV2Jj3YYOG Jun 05, 2020
@JECDems Point 1 Recently unemployed workers who receive UI benefits have better financial, nutritional, and emotional sec… https://t.co/dXa9eGEAT0 Jun 05, 2020
@JECDems A new @JECDems report released yesterday explains why letting enhanced UI benefits expire on July 31st would be cat… https://t.co/n80jEJ8dQT Jun 05, 2020
@JECDems Almost 40 million new claims (not seasonally adjusted) have been filed over the past 11 weeks. And that doesn’t c… https://t.co/WIk1xT07Nh Jun 04, 2020
@JECDems Notably, the number of regular UI claims filed last week is more than eight times the number filed during the same week one year ago. Jun 04, 2020
@JECDems .@USDOL has reported that 1.6 million workers filed regular UI claims (not seasonally adjusted) for the week ending… https://t.co/piC9Vrzz9A Jun 04, 2020
@JECDems Check out Vice Chair @RepDonBeyer’s interview on @MakeItPlain. He talks about the congressional response to the… https://t.co/APSgKxMi3A Jun 03, 2020
@JECDems #COVID19 is having a disproportionate impact on Black and Hispanic Americans across the country.A survey by @KFF… https://t.co/bXHibblcbA May 29, 2020
@JECDems Therefore, in total, 3.1 million people filed new unemployment insurance claims last week. And since mid-March, o… https://t.co/HtVPLImoJ7 May 28, 2020
