Unemployment Benefits "Extenders" Bill Failed in the Senate
"Dead on Arrival" - Senate to Promptly Introduce New Unemployment Extension Bill
The vote failed, as expected, with a count of 45 for and 52, including 11 Democrats, against. A new bill, scaling back the $141 billion dollar price tag and providing ways to pay for more of the provisions like the unemployment benefits extensions rather than add $81 billion to the deficit, should be introduced immediately and is expected to have a greater chance of passing the Senate. The new unemployment benefits extension bill will then have to go back to the House.
Republicans have already introduced legislation that would cover the cost of extending unemployment benefits for the millions of Americans desperately waiting for a bill to pass. These measures would help the unemployed to survive while also helping to protect the broader economy by avoiding additional national debt. (Read "Senate Still Seeking 60 Votes" ... for more information on the parties' positions.)
While some Democrats are clearly now seeing the wisdom of this, the more left leaning Dems, like Senator Majority Leader Reid, have seemed intent on remaining on their destructive course of spending the nation into permanent collapse. Many believe the Democrats may now have additional political reason to stop extending benefits to the unemployed and to try to blame it on the Republicans. (Read "Why the Democrats May Not Want to Extend Your Benefits")
The table is set, now, for a better bill that will help those of us who are unfortunately dependent on unemployment for our survival while also sparing the nation any additional debt.
Tell Congress to pass the new bill extending unemployment benefits and to pass the Republicans' measures to pay for the unemployment benefits extensions. (For a comprehensive list of contact information for our legislators, see: "Tell Congress to Pass Tier 5 ... )
Sources:
http://congress.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/16/extenders-bill-fails-as-expected-alternate-bill-coming-forward/
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3 Comments
Post a CommentI am concern more about the homeless and the jobless because I am one I loss my mother and my Job and then I loss my home that was my parent home for about 44 years and I really do miss my home and I am trying to get my life back together and then I loss my benefit that I just receive getting in about eight month and the reason I lose my job is because of the company and not me if I had a chose to say at the company that I love for years and I was working at Taco Bell for over 22 years and their let me go and it hurt me for about a week and so and still I am not over the hurt of losing a Job and being on the street all by myself and when you lost I mean you lose everything. I want to tell anyone that as lose this year is to look up and to believe in their self. I am hoping that the Congress would pass the bill and maybe I can continue my dream is to go back to school in Ministry and I love to continue to Preach the word and to help other find their dream.
Thank YOu
BBurroughs
Good article! Thanks for you note on one of my articles, and strangely enough, I just used the words 'fighting the good fight' in my article, then got your note with those same words! Musta been thought transferance!
this if odd. cause i have been watching the senate all day and the only votes that i have seen are voting on admindments. begining to wonder where people get their information