[rightwingintelligentsia]

Now I’m confused. Does that mean that someone who is on his/her 98th week can potentially receive a total of 154 weeks of UI?

[milwguy]

NO...99 weeks is the maximum, Odumbo may not even know what he agreed to, but the extension does not extend the 99 weeks, only the length of time the 99 weeks a person can be on the dole.

[dfwright]

I read it to mean that the law that allows the extension of benefits out to 99 weeks was extended — not the maximum amount of benefits.

So 99 weeks would still be the maximum, but people can continue to go out to 99 weeks for the duration of this extension.

I’m only reading this thread, not watching, so I may be off