If negotiations had been completed earlier and the bill passed sooner, there would have been less of a delay in getting the benefits to workers, Robinson said.
Michele Evermore, senior policy analyst of the Washington, D.C., nonprofit National Employment Law Project, said she was getting calls from state unemployment agencies representatives on Christmas Eve, looking for her help in deciphering the bill language, which wasn t released until Dec. 21.
“I absolutely blame Congress for most of this, she said, along with Trump.
Still, the extent of the delays with implementation seen in Michigan and in states around the country have left unemployment experts scratching their heads.