For their sake, Congress must not allow what remains of federal unemployment insurance, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, to expire at the end of the year.
The bond program, set to expire Dec. 31, provides federal subsidies for taxable bonds issued by state and local governments.
The rebate program is due to expire April 30, and the Fed has announced it will halt its purchases of mortgage-backed securities this month.
Congress pushed a bill through both the House and the Senate last week, days before the 10-year-old program was due to expire Sept. 30, 2007, and passed a resolution to provide emergency funding for the next six weeks.
And, the law would "sunset" -- or expire-- five years after the program goes into effect.
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Although special interests have been lobbying furiously for another extension of the TAG program, it currently appears that this program will be allowed to expire at the end of the year.
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Since it became likely that the TAG program was going to be allowed to expire, interest rates on 3-month Treasuries have plummeted, falling by 80%.
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If not, their scores will expire and they'll have to begin again under the new program Jan. 1.
And the law would expire in 2012, giving the next administration the opportunity to review the program.
Furthermore, Restaurant.com gift certificates never expire and they can be exchanged at anytime for any other restaurant on the program.
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Likewise, anyone who's been hoarding New Every Two upgrades since the program ended in 2011 may want to use them this weekend -- the credits expire on April 15th.
Proponents of nuclear power say construction of new plants would likely require the extension of a federal loan guarantee program, also created by the 2005 energy act, that's set to expire in 2009.
Best Buy says it will mail the gift cards, which don't expire, by May 1 to customers who bought warranties or who are part of its "Reward Zone" program.
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