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Pittsburgher Criseena Johnson is one of millions of people who will lose her unemployment benefits in a matter of days, without Congressional action.
Johnson, a single mother who worked for more than 15 years in the restaurant industry, has been out of a job since March.
“I’m one of those people that’s teetering the line of picking which one do I want to keep, do I want to feed my family, or do I want to keep my car?”
And that’s before she expects her unemployment to end on Dec. 26.
Two programs – Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation – will end this month if Congress does not extend them.