Ignore my “Tier 5” AOL News link in the above post...it is outdated. I still haven’t found details on the “deal” struck for an unemployment extension yet...just generic statements like “Extend long term jobless benefits for 13 months”.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2010/12/07/obama-tax-deal/?cxntfid=blogs_jamie_dupree_washington_insider
Ugh.
“The 13-month extension will continue to provide those federal benefits up to but not exceeding 99 weeks to those in states with the highest level of unemployment who have exhausted their 26 weeks of state unemployment insurance.
States offer different tiers of federal jobless benefits based on their individual unemployment levels. “