Topic: Emergency Unemployment Compensation

Congress poised to scale back unemployment benefits from 99 weeks

House and Senate negotiators agree to shrink the maximum number of weeks someone can collect unemployment benefits. Many states have been reducing them anyway, as jobless rates fall.

Unemployment extension 101: what the payroll tax deal means for the jobless

Unemployment benefits 101: four basic questions answered

Opinion Black Friday 2011: Consumers aren't lacking in confidence. They lack cash.

Budget cuts: five groups likely to feel the pinch

Congress lets unemployment benefits expire: 'What now' and six other questions

When unemployment extensions end, a movement rises: the 99ers

Unemployment extension 101: Why now is a good time for temp jobs

Is any work better than no work? Not for unemployment benefits.

Unemployment benefits: Jim Bunning relents, Senate passes extension