12 Million To Lose Jobless Benefits The Day After Christmas Unless Congress Acts
If Congress doesn't compromise and pass another relief bill, a new study finds a staggering number of Americans will lose a critical financial lifeline as the pandemic worsens.
by Chris Arnold
Nov 19, 2020
3 minutes
Updated at 8:48 a.m. ET
The day after Christmas, millions of Americans will lose their jobless benefits, according to a new study. And that could spell financial ruin for many people, like 44-year-old Todd Anderson in the small town of Mackinaw City, Mich.
Anderson's a single dad with four kids â two of them 5-year-old twins. He lost his income after the pandemic hit in the spring. He did landscape design at resorts that host big
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