Howe Suggests Giving Supplement to People Who Go Back to Work South Dakota, have announced plans to end the supplemental federal unemployment benefit of an extra $300 per week. Right now that supplement is set to expire on September 6th. Here in Minnesota, Democrats are pushing to pass legislation to not tax unemployment benefits. Jeff Howe is a Republican State Senator from Rockville. He says that is something he is not in favor of. I think that's a bad message to send. I think we should turn that around and actually give a little bit of a bonus for those that will go out and go back to work.