70K Texans To Lose Emergency Compensation

About 70,000 Texans will exhaust their federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) beginning in July. Currently pending in House Calendars, SB 1569 protects unemployed Texans and qualifies Texas for $555 million in federal funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). However, the Legislature has overlooked an entirely separate pot of money in the ARRA that is equally important. The ARRA will pick up the 100% of the costs to extend UI for these Texans, delivering more than $250 million in federal funds into the Texas economy without any state costs.

Read the Center for Public Policy Priorities policy page to learn more, including how many Texans in each House legislative district will lose federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation if the Legislature fails to act: http://www.cppp.org/research.php?aid=886