The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee have a bipartisan framework for legislation they say would equip the unemployment system for the next economic crisis.
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, announced their plans last week.
Although the framework itself is not a bill — the details of forthcoming legislative text are still being hammered out, a Wyden staffer told Nextgov/FCW — the hope is that the coming proposal will shore up the system in the long term following the pandemic, when states struggled to deliver benefits and prevent fraud.
