Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Compromise for UI Extension

A House-Senate Conference Committee are continuing negotiations to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program and the Social Security Payroll tax cut. As part of the discussions, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Max Baucus (D-MT) put forward a plan  of policy proposals to bridge differences among House-Senate negotiators.

The plan would accept some of the House provisions as contained in H.R. 3630 and include uniform job-search requirements, reemployment services, UI program integrity and other policies.

However, the Senate plan does not address the major issues – the length of the extension and how the extension will be financed. In addition, the Senate Majority does not support drug testing for UI eligibility, GED requirement for UI eligibility and elimination of the “Non-Reduction Rule.” These three issues were all passed by the House as part of H.R. 3630.

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