The following reports document the new realities of long-term unemployment and the need for an extension of federal jobless benefits.

Estimates of the Number of Workers Exhausting Unemployment Benefits by State, by National Employment Law Project (May 2008).

A Good Job is Hard to Find: Evidence for Extending Unemployment Insurance Benefits Already Exists.  By U.S. Congress, Joint Economic Committee Majority Staff (April 2008).

Downturn in the Economy Clearly Justifies Extending Unemployment Benefits Now. By U.S. Congress, Committee on Ways and Means (April 8, 2008).

Federal Jobless Benefits Will Stimulate the Economy While Helping Over Three Million Jobless Families Who Will Run Out of State Benefits This Year.  By National Employment Law Project (February 12, 2008).

Senate Proposal to Add Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improves Effectiveness of Stimulus Bill. By the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (January 31, 2008)

Extending Unemployment Benefits Stimulates Economy and Helps Workers. By Economic Policy Institute (January 30, 2008).

The Broad Reach of Long-Term Unemployment. By the National Employment Law Project and the Economic Policy Institute (May 15, 2003).

National Survey of the the Uemployed Documents the Severe Financial and Family Hardships.  Poll Conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates (May 7, 2003).