2010 Unemployment Extension - House to Vote on Standalone UI Benefits Extension Bill Today
House of Representatives to Beat Senate to the Punch
The House is set to vote on a standalone bill today. Last weekend, after the Senate failed in three attempts to garner the 60 votes necessary to bring HR 4213 to the floor for a vote, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) expressed urgency that unemployment extensions needed to be passed and quickly.
Speaker Pelosi further showed indications of softening to the idea of offsetting the cost of the UI benefits extension for the first time, rather than continuing to add to the nation's now unsustainable deficit. (Read: "Democrats Seeing Wisdom in Offsets")
It is not known what will be in the new House unemployment benefits extension bill, if it will, indeed, be "offset" (or paid for) or not, how long the extension will be or if it will include or rescind the $25 per month stimulus addition from 2009. There is some indication that the bill may also include an extension of the homebuyers credit. Hopefully, the House will not burden a standalone unemployment benefits extension bill with anything additional that might make it objectionable to Senate Republicans.
Once approved in the House of Representatives, the standalone unemployment extension bill would also have to be voted on in the Senate. It would then need to go to the President's desk for signature to be enacted.
In the meantime over in the Senate, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) introduced a standalone unemployment benefits extension bill and Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both Republicans of Maine, are pushing for a senate standalone. As the Stabenow UI extension is not paid for, and having lost the late Senator Robert Byrd's (D-W. Virginia) vote with his passing, passage of this version of unemployment benefits extensions is not a guaranteed win. Nor has Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) committed to bringing the Stabenow bill to the floor as of this writing. (Read: "Will Harry Reid Bring Stabenow's Bill to the Floor?")
So it appears the House version of a standalone unemployment benefits extension bill may be the best hope for the unemployed at this time. Let's hope it is a bill that everyone in the House and Senate can get behind, and that they will understand the urgency and severity of our need and get unemployment benefits extensions passed and signed into law before the Fourth of July recess, so ALL Americans, including the jobless, will have something to celebrate.
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Post a Commenti do not blame the prisident because he is for the people i think he is a great priesdient and i would love to meet him to let him know he is doing great job god bless him and his family
you know i have always been there to help people. never have i depended on anyone i have always been able to take care of my self now i lost my job cant find one belive me i have been trying i have an 10 month old kid to support and cant that makes me feel like a bad mother. they dont care cause they have pleanty of money but you know one day they will be in our shoes and see how it feels not to be able to take care of your family. what goes around comes around god does just help or love people who are rich
lets gather at the white house tomorrow morning if this dont pass tonight
H.R.5618 - Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010 Link: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h5618/show S.3520 - Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 2010 Link: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3520/show Both bills should be coming up for vote on the floors of the House and Senate TODAY, WEDNESDAY 6/30 – continue to show your approval or disapproval by voting at the OpenCongress websites listed. Both show 98% approval ratings as of this posting at 9:30 AM EST
This is so unlike congress and the senate . They usually spend our money like its garbage ,now all of a sudden they are worried about a non existant
future generation ..what what?? . I told my children not to have any children
By that time we will be borrowing money from Mars .All of these leaders are so far removed from the back streets and contry roads its just sad
This is so unlike congress and the senate . They usually spend our money like its garbage ,now all of a sudden they are worried about a non existant
future generation ..what what?? . I told my children not to have any children
By that time we will be borrowing money from Mars .All of these leaders are so far removed from the back streets and contry roads its just sad
this is bull,to all democrats that are out of work dont vote for demo now you can see what pieces of crap they are,everyone go bankrupt leave them with all the dept,bullshit f-them
this is bull,to all republicins that are out of work dont vote for repl now you can see what pieces of crap they are,everyone go bankrupt leave them with all the dept,bullshit f-them
I wish we could all get together and boycot every business possible. That will include no one getting gas or groceries. Everybody letting their car insurance go. Everybody cancel all doctor appointments. Nobody buy any type of vehicle ETC.. With us, these business can not hold up!! They are trying to convince us that we need them more then they need us.. But it is Vice Versa
Also why don't don't we all go sign up for TANF, Section 8, Food Stamps, etc. It is for people who falls under a certain income. I am more than sure all unemployed will be able to qualify. This way They will have no choice but to help you out!!
The one in the House failed. What about the one the Senate is proposing?