Senate Finance ranking Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon released the text of a pair of bills Friday aimed at blunting the impact of artificial intelligence on the American workforce — an early signal of potential Democratic priorities if the party regains control of the Senate.
One bill, dubbed the Stability and Opportunity for Workers Act, would create an income support program lasting up to two years for workers as they retrain for employment and would expand unemployment insurance in anticipation of job losses due to AI disruption. It would create a pilot program for tuition assistance for workers in job training programs, and it would update the federal-state Extended Benefits program to allow for up to 52 additional weeks of unemployment insurance benefits, according to a bill summary.
