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- 2010 Unemployment Extension - Senate to Hold Cloture Vote Today on Tax Cuts/Unemployment ExtensionsThe Senate is scheduled to have a cloture vote on the tax cut/unemployment extension bill in the Senate on Monday, December 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM. EST What will the result be on this vote to have a vote?
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!- 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...
- 2010 Unemployment Extension Best Case Scenario -- Bill Could Be Signed by Week's EndBear in mind that the passage and signing of H.R.5618, which would further extend the unemployment extensions to the end of November, by Friday depends upon several things, but two things in particular.
2010 Unemployment Extension Hopes Resurrected by Senator Tom Harkin -- but He's a DemocratIt has come down to this one question: Will Congress pass legislation that will grant extension to the discontinued unemployment benefits of hundreds of thousands before or after the July 4 Congressional recess?- 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill Voted Down in Senate for Fourth Time in JuneWhile all the senators continue to say they understand that an unemployment benefits extension is needed, and continue to blame members of the opposing party for the stalemate, the number of unemployed increases.
- Democrats Use Cloture to Deny Debate; Advance Health Care Reform BillThis article is about the Democrats and last night's Health Care vote.
Senate Cloture Vote Paves Way for Passage of Health Care ReformWhen the Senate cloture vote on health care reform was done, in the early morning hours on Monday, December 21st, and the results were strictly on party lines.
Immigration Bill Fails in Senate Cloture VoteOn June 28th, by failing to authorize cloture on the immigration bill sponsored by Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts, virtually assured that any Immigration Bill will not be acted on in this session of Congress.
Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms as Boehner Bill Killed by Senate and Reid Bill is Stuck in ClotureGovernment sausage making proceeded apace on Friday, with House Speaker John Boehner finally being able to pass his latest debt ceiling plan, sweetened with a balance budget amendment, by the narrowest of margins.
Cloture Invoked on Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal. Codified Prejudice Against Gays in Military Will EndThe sixty vote cloture vote on Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal has passed. Welcome to the present. At last the possibility that codified discrimination against gays in the military will end within a couple of days.- Senate Passes Unemployment Extension Hurdle by One Vote -- FinallySen. Goodwin's vote broke the Senate stalemate that saw the bill fail to gain cloture on four previous occasions. Although it still has to pass the actual cloture vote itself, the most difficult hurdle, getting the bill out of debate, has been cleared.
- 2010 Unemployment Extension Senate Vote Set for Tuesday, July 20 -- No Sooner?There were hopes of a best-case scenario playing out and state labor agencies beginning the process of getting the unemployed their benefits extension checks in the mail (or direct deposited) by week's end. That best case scenario was soon scuttled.
- Unemployment Benefits "Extenders" Bill Vote Scheduled for TodayHarry Reid to bring cloture vote on the Unemployment Benefits "Extenders" bill to the floor today. Votes still not lined up.
- Pelosi Issues Statement on Failure of Senate to Pass New Energy Bill"I am disappointed that the Senate was unable to move forward today on the historic energy legislation."