Watchdogs Say Federal Unemployment Fraud Likely Topped $191 Billion

Slightly More Than $1 Out Of Every $5 Distributed In Unemployment Insurance Payments During The Pandemic Could Have Been Improper, Mostly Fraud.

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TN Benefited By Leaving Federal Unemployment Program Early, Report Says

Tennessee’s Unemployment Insurance Spending Dropped From $9.6 Million Per Day In April And Early May To $4.2 Million Per Day After The State Dropped Out Of The Federal Supplemental Pandemic Unemployment Program July 3, According To A New Report.

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Tennessee Ends Federal Unemployment Benefits On July 3

Saturday Marks The End Of Federal Unemployment Benefits For Thousands Of Currently Unemployed Tennesseans.

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Republican Senators Propose Alternate Relief Bill: $618 Billion To Counter Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Plan

Ten Republican Senators Are Set To Meet With Biden On Monday To Discuss An Alternative Stimulus Package. Their COVID-19 Relief Package Comes In At $618 Billion, Countering The President’s $1.9 Trillion Plan.

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2009 Redux? Biden Cites ‘Urgent’ Need For His $1.9 Trillion Stimulus

“I Know What I Just Described Will Not Come Cheaply,” Biden Said. “But Failing To Do So Will Cost Us Dearly – The Consensus Among Leading Economists Is We Simply Cannot Afford Not To Do It.” This won’t be his only spending plan either. He promised that this $1.9 trillion initiative is an opening bid to Congress with more spending to come later.

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