Roughly 3.5 million people are now receiving extended benefits.
Nearly 5.4 million Americans are receiving extended benefits.
He has championed lesbian and gay rights and extended benefits to gay couples.
In the last five recessions before this one, Congress routinely extended benefits, to 39 weeks.
The government has routinely extended benefits beyond the standard 26 weeks during tough economic times.
The traditional argument — that extended benefits encourage idleness — is especially weak in today's severe recession.
But during this recession, Congress has extended benefits for historically long periods.
Also, many large corporations, nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, and some Westchester municipalities, have extended benefits to domestic partners.
Perhaps nothing better expressed Mr. Casper's approach than the way Stanford extended benefits to homosexual domestic partners.
For example, depending on the employee, companies may need to provide severance, extended benefits, and out-placement counseling.
Candace Falkner, 50, got her last unemployment check in mid-May, when extended benefits were curtailed in eight states.
