Federal jobless benefits could vanish
SFGate.com
Nov. 29, 2012
Talk about a hard landing: About 2 million Americans, including 400,000 in California, will abruptly lose their unemployment benefits after December unless Congress votes to continue federal funding for extended benefits.
This part of the "fiscal cliff" has received less attention than tax increases and other spending cuts scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, but it's well known to people like Suzanne Schellenberg of San Francisco. The 53-year-old graphic artist has been cycling between contract and freelance jobs and unemployment benefits for almost four years.
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