Senate passes a bipartisan bill for extending unemployment insurance to the House

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The Senate got this through late last night so that the House could vote on it before they leave today. Will the House take up the bill or do they believe there are greater priorities to America? They could of taken it up first thing this morning instead they took up H.R. 4015 instead. I just put a post in another threat about that one.

Senate reaches bipartisan deal to extend unemployment benefits - The Washington Post
By Paul Kane, Published: March 13

Senate negotiators struck a bipartisan deal Thursday that would renew federal unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless, allowing for retroactive payments to go to more than 2 million Americans whose benefits expired in late December.

Ten senators, evenly divided among Democrats and Republicans, announced the pact and set up a timeline in which the legislation could pass the Senate in late March.

Its outcome in the House remains up in the air, however. Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who has opposed previous Senate plans as insufficient in providing offsetting cuts, did not offer a statement on the new proposal.

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The roughly $10 billion cost of the renewed federal jobless benefits would be offset by extending fees on goods coming through U.S. Customs and an alteration to the way corporations contribute to pensions, the senators announced.

In addition, the legislation will include two changes to the unemployment program, one of which will require more job training for long-term jobless workers in order to continue receiving insurance benefits. Also, the legislation includes a provision that eliminates state or federal unemployment benefits for laid-off workers whose gross income the previous year topped $1 million — which, according to federal estimates, represented 0.03 percent of all recipients.

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Additionally, with Congress otherwise gridlocked on how to boost the economy, unemployment insurance payments represented one of the only forms of stimulus that the federal government is providing as job creation remains stagnant.

 

[bedowin62]

idiots on the left cant explain why those benefits need to remain at the EMERGENCY LEVEL they are STILL at now; that was set AT THE END OF THE BUSH YEARS; when so many jobs were being lost; if things are so much better now under obama

 

[Truthmatters]

Im glad Americans will be helped.

some people don't want this country to do well

 

[RandomVariable]

My mistake.

Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
"9:22:38 P.M. The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on March 14, 2014. "

In other words, the House has left town. Basically saying, "Screw the unemployed." They are going back to their comfortable homes to be with their families and enjoy their three day weekend. Well 2 million American are going to have such a pleasant weekend. All it would take is one stupid vote. Just one fucking vote for 2 million people. One vote and 2 million people get a little help from the America. But that is not the country we are. We are the country who turns its back on its own. It actually increases the economy! Will a single House Republican lose a wink of sleep while 2 million Americans will lay awake wondering how to make it through the next day?

 

[RandomVariable]

Im glad Americans will be helped.

some people don't want this country to do well

No, Americans will not be getting help. The Senate passed it to the House and the House is going to sit on it. No, there will be no help today, or any other day. That is just not the kind of country we are any more. Founding Fathers would be damn proud today. Somehow I don't think so.

 

[bedowin62]

Im glad Americans will be helped.

some people don't want this country to do well

No, Americans will not be getting help. The Senate passed it to the House and the House is going to sit on it. No, there will be no help today, or any other day. That is just not the kind of country we are any more. Founding Fathers would be damn proud today. Somehow I don't think so.

the Left's phony outragte is laughable

how can these benefits not be able to be cut amidst all this obama "prosperity"?

 

[bedowin62]

we're either doing better now or we arent

sorry sanctimonius left-wing losers; but you cant have it both ways; though you try

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Im glad Americans will be helped.

some people don't want this country to do well

No, Americans will not be getting help. The Senate passed it to the House and the House is going to sit on it. No, there will be no help today, or any other day. That is just not the kind of country we are any more. Founding Fathers would be damn proud today. Somehow I don't think so.

Yeah!!
How dare they walk away from giving people money for doing nothing for the past several years.
Unbelievable. What are they supposed do?? Get a job??

 

[RandomVariable]

we're either doing better now or we arent

sorry sanctimonius left-wing losers; but you cant have it both ways; though you try

Does that have anything in the world to do with extending the unemployment benefits? It has nothing to do with having it both ways. It has nothing to do with anything but with 2 million people. You can blame Obama, you can blame liberals, Hell you can blame me 100%, just pass the bill and show a little humanity. RandomVariable means you don't know, you never know what the next second holds, treat others like you would like to be treated if that next RandomVariable changes your world for the better or for the worse.

 

[bedowin62]

it has everything to do with it dolt

pretend it doesnt though; we dont expect anything less from LWNJs deep in denial

 

[RandomVariable]

Im glad Americans will be helped.

some people don't want this country to do well

No, Americans will not be getting help. The Senate passed it to the House and the House is going to sit on it. No, there will be no help today, or any other day. That is just not the kind of country we are any more. Founding Fathers would be damn proud today. Somehow I don't think so.

Yeah!!
How dare they walk away from giving people money for doing nothing for the past several years.
Unbelievable. What are they supposed do?? Get a job??

 

[bedowin62]

we're either doing better now or we arent

sorry sanctimonius left-wing losers; but you cant have it both ways; though you try

Does that have anything in the world to do with extending the unemployment benefits? It has nothing to do with having it both ways. It has nothing to do with anything but with 2 million people. You can blame Obama, you can blame liberals, Hell you can blame me 100%, just pass the bill and show a little humanity. RandomVariable means you don't know, you never know what the next second holds, treat others like you would like to be treated if that next RandomVariable changes your world for the better or for the worse.

humanity?

laughable sanctimony; even though you cant explain why benefits have to remain at this level; still all Republicans asked was you pay for them

idiots and hypocrites

 

[RandomVariable]

it has everything to do with it dolt

pretend it doesnt though; we dont expect anything less from LWNJs deep in denial

 

[TakeAStepBack]

So where in the constitution does the federal government have the power to hand out specific welfare?

 

[bedowin62]

it has everything to do with it dolt

pretend it doesnt though; we dont expect anything less from LWNJs deep in denial

oh how cute!1
ignore the point

typical

 

[RandomVariable]

we're either doing better now or we arent

sorry sanctimonius left-wing losers; but you cant have it both ways; though you try

Does that have anything in the world to do with extending the unemployment benefits? It has nothing to do with having it both ways. It has nothing to do with anything but with 2 million people. You can blame Obama, you can blame liberals, Hell you can blame me 100%, just pass the bill and show a little humanity. RandomVariable means you don't know, you never know what the next second holds, treat others like you would like to be treated if that next RandomVariable changes your world for the better or for the worse.

humanity?

laughable sanctimony; even though you cant explain why benefits have to remain at this level; still all Republicans asked was you pay for them

idiots and hypocrites

Does this help? Cut and paste from the OP.

The roughly $10 billion cost of the renewed federal jobless benefits would be offset by extending fees on goods coming through U.S. Customs and an alteration to the way corporations contribute to pensions, the senators announced.

But it doesn't help, does it? Nothing helps. They have run out of excuses, they have run out of reasons, and now they have run out of town. They ran out of town to their districts which have those 2 million unemployed. Rather than tarring and feathering those Republican Representatives (figuratively speaking, of course) some of those constituents will blame the Democrats and Obama for not giving a pay for. If you are a Republican you are either lying or being lied to.

 

[Avorysuds]

And Democrats do everything they can to keep Americans unemployed and business's unable to hire.

 

[RandomVariable]

So where in the constitution does the federal government have the power to hand out specific welfare?

 

[bedowin62]

Does that have anything in the world to do with extending the unemployment benefits? It has nothing to do with having it both ways. It has nothing to do with anything but with 2 million people. You can blame Obama, you can blame liberals, Hell you can blame me 100%, just pass the bill and show a little humanity. RandomVariable means you don't know, you never know what the next second holds, treat others like you would like to be treated if that next RandomVariable changes your world for the better or for the worse.

humanity?

laughable sanctimony; even though you cant explain why benefits have to remain at this level; still all Republicans asked was you pay for them

idiots and hypocrites

Does this help? Cut and paste from the OP.

The roughly $10 billion cost of the renewed federal jobless benefits would be offset by extending fees on goods coming through U.S. Customs and an alteration to the way corporations contribute to pensions, the senators announced.

But it doesn't help, does it? Nothing helps. They have run out of excuses, they have run out of reasons, and now they have run out of town. They ran out of town to their districts which have those 2 million unemployed. Rather than tarring and feathering those Republican Representatives (figuratively speaking, of course) some of those constituents will blame the Democrats and Obama for not giving a pay for. If you are a Republican you are either lying or being lied to.

like i said dolt; it's about time you actually offered to pay for them; before you just wanted an issue to slam repubs with. some humanity.

anyway now that dems are in serious trouble later this year; this is the time you need to do things for real and not a smokescreen

 

[RandomVariable]

And Democrats do everything they can to keep Americans unemployed and business's unable to hire.

Great. Pass unemployment, prove your point. Show what a complete failure Obama, or Democrats, or me, are that an extension to unemployment benefits had to be passed. Just quit using American citizens as political pawns.