Unemployment Benefits

The Center for American Progress, the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, and the National Employment Law Project hosted a forum… read more

The Center for American Progress, the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, and the National Employment Law Project hosted a forum on unemployment insurance and its impact on the economy. In the first panel Jason Furman and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) outlined changes needed to modernize the unemployment insurance program. Then, Laquita Hatcher, a recipient of unemployment benefits, talked about how the insurance helped her and her family while she looked for a job after being laid off from her job. In the second panel, economic policy analysts recommended improvements for unemployment and ways to implement those changes. close

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  • Carmel Martin Executive Vice President Center for American Progress->Policy
  • Valerie Wilson Director Economic Policy Institute->Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy
  • Portia Y. Wu Assistant Secretary Department of Labor->Employment and Training Administration
  • Melissa Boteach Manager Center for American Progress Action Fund->Half in Ten Campaign
  • Indivar Dutta-Gupta Senior Fellow Georgetown University->Center on Poverty and Inequality
  • Laquita Hatcher Resident Jackson
  • Claire McKenna Senior Policy Analyst National Employment Law Project
  • Rachel West Associate Director Center for American Progress->Poverty to Prosperity Program
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Unemployment Benefits

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Program ID:
412480-1
Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
Forum
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Jul 11, 2016 | 10:03am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Jul 15, 2016 | 12:37pm EDT | C-SPAN 3

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  • Jul 11, 2016 | 10:00am EDT | C-SPAN RADIO
  • Jul 11, 2016 | 10:03am EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Jul 11, 2016 | 11:00pm EDT | C-SPAN RADIO
  • Jul 12, 2016 | 3:48am EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Jul 14, 2016 | 11:59pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Jul 15, 2016 | 5:59am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Jul 15, 2016 | 12:37pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
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