Michigan Unemployment Benefit Expiration
Michigan State agencies prepare to send out unemployment benefit expiration letters next week
The federal extension of unemployment benefits is set to expire at the end of February, although it is likely to be extended by Congress later this month. State agencies are going to start sending out letters next week letting people know that their unemployment benefits are about to expire. While the Senate takes a break next week, the federal extension of unemployment insurance and COBRA health insurance subsidies for laid-off workers is set to expire the end of this month.
Congress will probably pass an extension before Feb. 28, some people will nevertheless receive letters telling them they’re not eligible for the next "tier" of benefits. Please keep an eye on the news to see if it is going to be passed. Now is a good time to contact your state representatives, and ask them to help pass this bill..
US Senators and Representatives from Michigan
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Deborah Stabenow
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Carl Levin
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United States House of Representatives
Michigan 1st
Bart Stupak (D)
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Michigan 2nd
Peter Hoekstra (R)
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Michigan 3rd
Vernon Elhers (R)
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Michigan 4th
Dave Camp (R)
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Michigan 5th
Dale Kildee (D)
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Michigan 6th
Fred Upton (R)
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Michigan 7th
Joe Schwarz (R)
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Michigan 8th
Mike Rogers (R)
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Michigan 9th
Joe Knollenberg (D)
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Michigan 10th
Candice S. Miller (D)
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Michigan 11th
Thaddeus G. McCotter (R)
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Michigan 12th
Sander Levin (D)
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Michigan 13th
Carolyn Kilpatrick (D)
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Michigan 14th
John Conyers, Jr. (D)
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Michigan 15th
John D. Dingell (D)
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Last year’s stimulus bill provided up to 53 additional weeks of federally-funded unemployment benefits (broken into several tiers) and a 65 percent subsidy of COBRA health insurance. If allowed to expire at the end of the month, nearly 62,000 out-of-work Michiganders will exhaust their unemployment benefits in March, according to the National Employment Law Project.