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2010 Unemployment Extension Bill Passed but What's in It? - Tier 5, $25 a Week, is it Retroactive?2010 Unemployment Extension bill has finally passed, clearing the cloture hurdle and should soon become law. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about retroactivity, Tier 5, Cobra and the $25 a week addition.
2010 Unemployment Extensions Bill Passed at Last! 60-40 for Cloture2010 Unemployment Extension Bill Passed - At long last, the UI extension bill got the 60 votes needed for cloture. Now, on to a passage in the Senate, then the House, then to the President for signature. Not a moment too soon!
2010 Unemployment Extension Bill: Senate Prepares to Vote July 20The U.S. Senate should be going ahead with a vote Tuesday which many hope will result in passage of 2010 unemployment extension bill, H.R. 4213. Could unemployment benefits be extended until Nov. 30 as millions anticipate?
The 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill on a Long Agenda as Congress Returns Before Next Vacation in August!The 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill is just one of the items on a long agenda as Congress returns with very little time.
The 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill ~ the Forgotten People ~ the Unkown NumbersThe 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill Update: This has gone on for too long, people are in trouble and need the governments help. The big business bailouts came quickly, why is the unemployed American citizen different?
Update on America's Economy and 2010 Unemployment Extension BillLatest update on both the American economy as well as the 2010 unemployment extension bill.
Senate and 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill: A Dereliction of Duty by Putting Off Vote, Passing Bill?Over a million unemployed Americans want the answer to one question: Why can't Congress come together long enough to vote on and pass an unemployment extension bill?
Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Votes 'Nay' Against 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill RevoteJuly 4th will be anything but a celebration for 1.3 million families in America. Their unemployment benefits having run out and Congress playing 'politics as usual' with their very livelihoods. Democrat Senator Harry Reid is one such politician.
Shocking Unemployment Extension Bill News: Dems Sitting on Money, Unemployed Go Without PayUnemployed Americans want to eat and feed their families. They need extended benefits or jobs to do that. Democrats in Congress refuse to use job creation money to provide new jobs or to extend unemployment coverage. Why is that?- 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill, Stand-Alone Proposal Struck DownLast Thursday, millions of Americans were told to go shove it by Senate Republicans who killed the 2010 Unemployment Extension bill. Read more here...
Unemployment Extension Bill Fails in the Senate. Now What?Senate Republicans block passage of a bill to extend unemployment benefits. Now what recourse do jobless Americans have?
2010 Unemployment Extension Bill Voted Down Again in Senate as Millions Face Financial Crisis2010 Unemployment Extension Bill Voted Down Again In Senate as unemployed Americans face financial crisis. This is just wrong. President Obama needs to aggressively pursue this for the unemployed.
2010 Unemployment Extension Bill Update: Senate Releases New Proposal ~ Senator Brown Targeted2010 Unemployment Extension Bill Update ~ Senate releases new proposal last- 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill in Limbo -- No Benefits Equals Collateral DamageThe 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill is designed to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed through November. The hard, cold numbers reflect that there are going to be at least a million individuals without unemployment benefits.
2010 Unemployment Extension Bill: Drug Testing for Benefits Alternate PlanSenator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) unveiled an amendment this week that he wants added to the 2010 Unemployment Benefits Extension Bill that simply has people up in arms. Why are so many so incensed? Orrin Hatch's amendment, if adopted, would require...
First-Ever 99er Tier 5 Unemployment Extension Bill -- What's in It?Relief may be on the way for America's millions of unemployed 99ers. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced bill S.3706, the Americans Want To Work Act, on Wednesday. The bill would ostensibly create another category -- a Tier 5...- 99er Tier 5 Unemployment Extension Bill S3706 Text and Details99ers are excited about the new S3706 bill headlined by Debbie Stabenow from Michigan. Will the bill pass, and if so will it provide a much needed lifeline.
- Unemployment Extension Bill 2010 - America's Jobless Benefits Bill Signed by ObamaThe unemployment extensions benefit bill was signed into law by Obama.
Unemployment Extension Bill Finally Out of the Senate!With 2 Republicans (Snowe & Collins) voting Aye, the unemployment extension has finally passed in the Senate and will now move back to the House for reconciliation.
2010 Unemployment Extensions: Senate Bill to Pass Without $25 Per Week Stimulus Money2010 Unemployment Extensions - The Senate will pass an unemployment extension - But it appears now it will NOT contain the $25 per week in stimulus money that the Republicans tried repeatedly to keep for us.- Senate Finally Passes Unemployment Extension BillAfter weeks of arguing and debating, the Senate finally extends Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits to millions of jobless Americans. What does this mean for the unemployed?
- Unemployment Extension Bill H.R.5618 Quicker to Pass but Less BeneficialTwo bills have been readied to be voted on in the Senate that affects the unemployed, especially those receiving benefits via the emergency extensions. Reid has chosen H.R.4213 to precede H.R.5618, even though H.R.4213 would take longer...
- House Standalone Unemployment Extensions Vote Coming on June 29,2010Could the House passage of this standalone Unemployment legislation lead to new hope for those who have exhausted benefits?
- Democrats Considering Single Issue Unemployment Extension BillCould the politicians in Washington figure out a way to settle differences and get Unemployment Benefits Extensions to those who desperately need them?
- 2010 Unemployment Extension: Bill Shot Down; Senate May Shelve Until After Recess (Mid-July)C-Span probably had its highest share rating ever Thursday as people tuned in from around the nation to view the cloture vote (a procedural maneuver that allows a bill to move from debate to a final enactment vote) to see if the Senate would finally...
- 2010 Unemployment Extension Update -- Will the Senate Reach a Compromise Soon?If Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, told the Republicans that their approach to ending the nation's deficit woes would not be solved during an economic downturn by less spending, would they compromise on the Unemployment Extension...
When Will the 2010 Unemployement Extension Bill Get Passed? and How?The 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill was voted down in the Senate last week. What are they doing this week to get it passed?