Unemployment Extension: Will It Make It Through The Lame Duck Session
By Janet Peterson on November 30, 2010, 7:25 am Posted in Finance News
Most recently, an unemployment extension bill was introduced as of November 17, 2010. This bill was introduced by the House of Representatives and was created as a way to extend the deadline to file for federal unemployment benefits to February 28th. President Obama signed a bill extending federal unemployment benefits until November as recently as July 2010. This extension benefited the 2.3 million Americans who ran out of basic unemployment benefits. The recent federal unemployment extension for Americans expires on the 30th of November. The federal unemployment benefits is just emergency benefits for Americans who lost unemployment coverage due to the recession.
How The Bill Was Turned Down By Legislation
On November 26, 2010, the Unemployment Extension Bill was blocked by the House by a ratio vote of 258: 154. The bill needed to be passed by a 2/3s of the majority. House Republicans claimed that the spending on unemployment needs to start by cutting spending or savings elsewhere in the national budget. After the expiration of the current unemployment benefits program, millions of Americans will run out of their benefits and will have to find other ways to receive income.
The Effects It Will Have On Americans
According to a Washington Times report, the expiration for the unemployment extension bill set to take place on November 30th will affect the millions of Americans who have been out of work for six months or for more than six months. One the states hardest hit by the economic downturn is the state of Michigan. In a recent letter written to House speaker Nancy Pelosi by Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm, 336,000 Michigan residents receive federal unemployment benefits and 181,500 Michigan residents will have exhausted their unemployment benefits in five months. Democratic member of Congress, Dale Kidee, feels the next bill will be passed, but many people who work for the Michigan social services are not so convinced.
Related posts:
- Unemployment Extension Being Pushed By Casey In Lame Duck Session
- Unemployment Extension: It’s Our Money And We Need It Now
- Tier V Unemployment Extension: Will Congress Step Up To What Is Right
- Lame Ducks In A Row – The Bush Tax Cuts We Will Borrow To Make
- Tier V Unemployment: Unemployment Extension Blocked In House
forget extension for 3 months!! One hand washes the other!! Extend unemployment benefits for another friggin year and give the damn republicans their damn bush tax cuts for 1 year as well and stop wasting fucken time going through this bullshit every 3 months. Will the government give me a damn job since there are no jobs available!!
Gimme mie flocken check you wurtless baztards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!