Congressional Democrats made their first proposal on one of themore contentious elements of the payroll tax cut package with anoffer to trim maximum U.S. unemployment benefits by six weeks.
The plan offered to Republicans yesterday would end unemploymentbenefits after 93 weeks instead of the 99 weeks now available instates with the nation's highest jobless rates, according to adocument explaining the proposal. Republicans have proposedreducing the expanded jobless benefits to 59 weeks.
If Congress doesn't act by Feb. 29, unemployment benefits wouldbe cut to 26 weeks.
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