Large numbers of workers are running out of unemployment benefits before they are able to find new jobs. By the end of September, some 1.5 million workers will have exhausted their federal unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, exceeding levels in the recession of the early 1990?’s. Prompt federal action to extend UI benefits would assist unemployed workers and help strengthen the economy, argues this analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
http://www.cbpp.org/9-5-02ui.htm