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Labor Department says 400,000 will lose unemployment benefits in coming weeks if Congress doesn't act Anderson Independent Mail
By May, nearly 3 million people could be left without these benefits. If the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act subsidy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is not extended, thousands of families will lose access to affordable health care, according to the statement.
If the extension is not approved, an estimated 500,000 workers who lose their jobs will be ineligible for subsidies to cover the cost of health care over this month. Over the rest of 2010, an estimated 5 million workers will be ineligible for the Recovery Act COBRA subsidy that covers 65 percent of the cost of coverage. Without this assistance, many of these families will be forced to join the ranks of the uninsured.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to temporarily extend benefits — including unemployment insurance. In the Senate, however, Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky is blocking the extension. Senate leadership has called for the Senate to unanimously move this package on multiple occasions, Sen. Bunning has blocked the process each time.
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It's impressive how posters here have been very happy to make Bunning out to be a monster who hates poor unemployed people. In fact, all he asked was that they do exactly what they are supposed to do. Fund it to spend it. Not rocket science, but apparently still above the intellectual pay grade of some on the left.
It's impressive how posters here have been very happy to make Bunning out to be a monster who hates poor unemployed people. In fact, all he asked was that they do exactly what they are supposed to do. Fund it to spend it. Not rocket science, but apparently still above the intellectual pay grade of some on the left.
I agree, we have to fund it before we spend it as responsible American citizens, seems to me that since the stimulus money is nothing more than a slush fund why not use this to further extend unemployment benefits.
What ever happened to the concept of pay-go, I have not heard it for awhile.
Another piece of political theater.This Obama is a piece of Sh1t... He flat out tells you one thing and then does the exact opposite...
Need more? let me know. 
It's impressive how posters here have been very happy to make Bunning out to be a monster who hates poor unemployed people. In fact, all he asked was that they do exactly what they are supposed to do. Fund it to spend it. Not rocket science, but apparently still above the intellectual pay grade of some on the left.
How much support in Congress does Bunning have on this?
I don't know...how much does he need?
How much support in Congress does Bunning have on this?
I don't know...how much does he need?
40 Senators.
I say offer to pay for it with a comparable cut in farm subsidies, and see who howls loudest.
Labor Department says 400,000 will lose unemployment benefits in coming weeks if Congress doesn't act Anderson Independent Mail
By May, nearly 3 million people could be left without these benefits. If the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act subsidy under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is not extended, thousands of families will lose access to affordable health care, according to the statement.
If the extension is not approved, an estimated 500,000 workers who lose their jobs will be ineligible for subsidies to cover the cost of health care over this month. Over the rest of 2010, an estimated 5 million workers will be ineligible for the Recovery Act COBRA subsidy that covers 65 percent of the cost of coverage. Without this assistance, many of these families will be forced to join the ranks of the uninsured.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to temporarily extend benefits including unemployment insurance. In the Senate, however, Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky is blocking the extension. Senate leadership has called for the Senate to unanimously move this package on multiple occasions, Sen. Bunning has blocked the process each time.
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To those on the right, good news travels fast.
What morons.
He said that the money should be paid for from the stimulus money, rather than put it on the Uncle Sam credit card.
And that is wrong because?
This Senator Bunning should resign for his own good. People are hurting, and he wants to block funding, talk about political suicide for the Republican party.!!
This Senator Bunning should resign for his own good. People are hurting, and he wants to block funding, talk about political suicide for the Republican party.!!
Let's try this again.
The democrats refused to pay for it by using stimulus money. Instead they wanted to add it to the credit card.
Thus, the democrats blocked it.
