Just two days after Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a news conference criticizing his Republican counterparts for holding up a bill extending jobless benefits, the Democratic leadership is now attempting to make a deal with the GOP to get the legislation passed.
On Wednesday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed for cloture on the measure. Through cloture, the Senate can place a time limit on considering a bill and possibly overcome a potential filibuster. Several Republican members have offered amendments to the legislation, which have, in effect, kept it from moving. Democrats are feeling the urge to get the unemployment benefits extension to the President's desk with hundreds of thousands of Americans literally losing their benefits with each passing month.
Now Reid and his colleague Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) are working to engage Republican members by being receptive to amendments Republicans have been asking for, in particular, renewing the tax credit for first time homebuyers through 2010. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) has been a strong proponent of including the tax credit renewal in the unemployment extension legislation. He also wants to remove the requirement that only first time homebuyers receive the tax credit. However Reid and Baucus are not quite willing to go that far. Instead the two ranking members, while supporting the continuation of the $8,000 credit, only want it to remain in effect until April 1. After that time, the tax credit would decrease incrementally throughout the rest of 2010.
If the Democrats can reach an agreement on the tax credit language then the unemployment benefits legislation has a greater chance of moving more quickly to the floor for a vote.
Comments
Whatever it takes just get it done already! This is one of the TOP issues on Capital Hill. Make IT Happen!
it's amazing how completely ineffectual the democrats are with a larger majority than the republicans had when they were in charge. like 'em or not, the republicans got things done. the dems? not much. it's embarrassing. what a bunch of spineless wimps.
look bush was a $^%% we all know but now is the senate we are the people we need this to go in as a citizen as a unemployed tax payer as a humen>>>>>> NO matter what state you live in (WE NEED THIS) My pride is falling. but atleast i still have it
Lets see, banks took bailout money to save badly run operations. Now, the government wants to cut pay up to 90%.
Ok with that thinking, we give the government money with our taxes, and they are diong a pretty poor job of running the government for the people. How bout cutting their pay and staffs by 90%? See how they like it.
This is just wrong. Holding up benefits for Americans that truely need it in this bad job market. The jobs simply aren't out there. Why make more people suffer for somthing they had no control over. It makes absolutely no sense. Pass this bill.
Dear God hurry- benefits ended 2 weeks ago- we are out of $ & resources- We stand to lose everything as millions of others do- This is our lives- HURRY
what the hell does buying a house tax credit have to do with the unemployment extension..........we would just like to EAT....
I really hope they can get this rolling and help the literally thousands that need it! I have been out of work since dec 07. I ran out of benifits in aug, I have turned to things that I would rather not do, but it pays well (for the time involved) I just hate it when I get one that gets "rammy" in my throat, I havent let anyone do the other thing because it pays the same and this dont hurt as bad!
Passing the $7.5 billion for Pakistan took no time at all. It is easier to help other people in the world than your own people in the US. Debating a Healthcare bill which will not be in effect for years is also more important then helping people who are loosing everything they own right now. Where are your priorities? Wake Up!! Take care of your own first!!
I'm Country Carl the Artist and Advocate for additional unemployment benefits.CURRENTLY the GOP is holding up the package deal for all states over funding issues and have added
several amendants to the bill. You need to contact all the US Senators on Unemployment-Gone-Mad to get additional benefits during these NEW DEPRESSION BLUES times. This is the right move before thousands more become dumpster divers and tent pitchers. YEE HA and Bless You
Yep, harmon, the GOP got things done... and now the Dems have to clean up after it.
I wish articles would stop saying things like "by the end of the year" and "each month." The fact is that even in the states eligible for the most weeks of benefits (79), thousands of people PER DAY have been exhausting them beginning back in AUGUST!!
This legislation should have been taken care of before the August recess. I sent them emails to alert them to this fact in July, but did they listen? OF COURSE NOT!
Americans: They don't give a f^%k about you me or anything outside of their circle. They are playing with American lives. We put these people in office and they have thanked us by telling us to kiss their butts individually and as a group. I am a registered and voting Democrat and I know a lot of people blame the Republicans but let me just say they are all to blame. Every politician in the House of representatives and the enate and the WHITE House knew this was coming. MR PRESIDENT WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?? DO YOU KNOW THAT THE IGNORANT ARROGANT IDIOT WHO YOU REPLACED WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS LONG AGO. WANNA KNOW WHY? AS STUPID AS HE WAS HE HAD BALLS, HE DID NOT CARE WHAT THE DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS FOR THAT MATTER SAID. HE RAN THE COUNTRY. HE RAN IT INTO THE GROUND BUT HE RAN IT. THE OLYMPICS ARE YOU SERIOUS. HEY MR. PREZ THE PEOPLE WHO PUT YOU IN OFFICE ARE DYING OUT HERE WHILE THAT GROUP OF OVERPAID SENATORS FU^K US WITH NO GREASE. GOD BLESS THE USA BA^&ARDS!!
Hey manslut,sorry to hear about that problem with the yellow green stuff.I think I had that befor, you better get some antibiotics quick! You know what I think? That you,I,B.D.S. & Howard should hookup & perform a circle jerk and post it on YouTube maybe we will get an offer for some movies...
well,it's not like I have to work or anything.Can I join you guys???
Worrying about how it's gonna be paid for is crazy. These people will just end up on Welfare. Who pays for that? At least they have insurance. Maybe would should all line up for food stamps, medical(at least I'd have some), rent, utilities......At least be a freeloader if that's what they are calling us.
I am just really done with all this crap with the GOP. I am really discussded. Please sign this petition to help get the unemployment extension bill passed. Go to www.ipetitions.com/petition/unemployment/
I think they're just trying to exterminate us all, or at least it seems that way. I've been out of food for more than a week, and the rent is now a month behind, and they're just playing around delay after delay, adding crap that has not a single thing to do with unemployment... immigration, ACORN, etc. etc.... Must be nice to get a big fat government paycheck for not doing your jobs!!! Too bad we can't all be rich senators. I guess that means we deserve to die poor and hungry in the streets, inspite of the lifetime of work and taxes we've paid in believing in the system that has now screwed us all! I'm so disgusted, and worse yet.. HUNGRY AND COLD!!! and in a few more weeks, probably homeless, and by then they still probably won't even have passed it!!
yes im skinny and hungry and in california please help pass this
im so looking forward for an extension and I can't wait to buy so much food :)
Checks will be sent second week of Nov.
Does anyone really read these other than the ones suffering?They can't get off their butts and do one simple thing for the Americans who are in desperate measures. I sure as hell don't think they are taking any time out for this! I am ashamed of the political behavior that has happened here. We help car plants,banks,now even trying to figure out where the Olympics are going to be!?C'mon are you serious!! I have been out of work for almost 2 yrs now and literally apply for jobs daily if there are any for the day!! I have had 2 bites...2. I have 2 kids and a 7mos old grandbaby here and no money!! Are these people just completely out of their minds? I want to know where is our President?? He said in election time "NO ONE WILL LOSE THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT AS LONG AS TIMES ARE TOUGH"!!!!!!! Hmmm I did and so did alot more! He is a liar he has no idea what he is doing and he forgot whats important now he got what he wanted! Taking his wife for beautiful birthday dinners is very important!Sickenin
Dear Senator's
I am sorry for being such a burden on society. I am sorry for creating this recession. I am sorry for only being able to work and pay taxes for 35 years before I lost my job. I am sorry you have to trouble yourself with another bill for unemployment so I can try and stay warm. I am sorry that you have to debate longer days and you are now putting in 20 hour weeks. So, to make up for it take off most of Nov and Dec. I think you deserve 10 weeks of vacation a year. I think I am the only one having trouble or you would be in a hurry if there was a crisis. One more thing that I am sorry for when I file my taxes for 2009 I won’t be paying any because I had no income. Please don't be mad at me.
How funny is it that the taxes we pay, are the same money that is the Senators paychecks... hhhmmmm so if we can pay taxes I guess they arent getting paid... YEAH RIGHT!!! because they will push through something making sure they have food, heat, roof, car etc... I think they should all be ashamed of themselves...
Population control, aka genocide, is taking placing in the USA. Thanks to the rotten, stinking politicians who love Muslims and China!
we need a peoples party now! the dems and gop are both on puppet strings of corporate america. VOTE THIRD PARTY NOW!
What is the job of a politician? It is to lie and deceive its citizens. Have you all not learned the lesson, yet? Watch what they do, not what they say. Do you know why they say “stupid Americans”? Because Americans trust Democrats. How did NAFTA that stole our jobs start? Bill Clinton. How did mortgage meltdown start? Bill Clinton. Obama is just a puppet for the Saudi and China. Democrats = Republicans
This is great!!! I'm out of my house and typing in the rain but hey, I love a good argument. I think I have never seen the American people so angry with the treacherous and treasonous government they have. People are finally waking up a little but we need more jobs lost and then we'll have the numbers to do a 2nd Amendment style protest American style!!! Get you guns and come with me to DC America!!!
I saw a bumper sticker several years ago that simply said, "PRAY HARD". I think it's time!
Whoever said Bush would have extended unemployment, is wrong! Bush 43 has fought every unemployment extension,except one! The Republicans believe that if you give extensions, it increases unemployment. They have said that for years. The reason that works, is because if you do not give extensions people disappear and are no longer counted by the labor department. Hence unemployment appears to drop. The only extension that George Bush did not oppose was the 7 week extension he gave last December. It was only for 7 week and that was after rushing through the bailout money for Wall Street! During the recession in his first term the Democrats fought hard to get one extension of 13 weeks.
The President has already said he will sign the bill as soon as it hits desk. The Republicans are adding amendments to the bill at the expense of hungry people. What is important now is what is going to happen after the extension runs out! Where are the jobs! Certain sates have reeducation funds. Apply!
I need to pay my rent, buy food, pay my electic and phone bills. I have no other source of income othe than unemployment insurance. I have worked since I was a teenager. Never thought that I would have to depend on U.I. for my livehood. Replicans please pass the U.I. immediately. I have been unemployed for over (2) years. There are no jobs to be found. We need U.I. insuarnce NOW, not later. We are really suffering.
I've never been so sick in my whole life about trying to figure out how to pay the bills!! I've worked since I was 17 every day of my life!! Unemployment cut 2 months ago!! No jobs in newspaper unless you are an RN and everytime someone says they may hire you, they NEVER do!! False hopes... that's all it is!! Remember, believe NONE of what you HEAR and only HALF of what you SEE!!
Rhonda, if know anything about legislation, you would know that just because you are the President you can't do anything, you must have bills passed through the House and Congress before a bill is passed and signed. The President can only make suggests and hope and pray that his ideas pass if not there is nothing he can do, so please don't blame the President, if the DEMO don't have 60 votes to pass a bill then the bill won't pass and that is that. That's why President Clintion healthcare bill didn't pass because he didn't have the votes. He had good intentions but if you don't have the enough votes then bills don't pass and if the GOP has 60 seats then forget about we wouldn't have the 3 extentions and we wouldn't be getting a 4th if they were in power.
The GOP Senators only have themselves to blame for going down in flames by their consistant stalling tactics in the US Senate. Senate Democrats will this week try to make progress on other initiatives that have been moving at a snails pace due to the stalling tactics of Senate Republicans.
Senate Democrats are complaining and rightfull so, that an extension of unemployment benefits, a major Pentagon policy measure, the remaining spending bills and a series of nominations are being slowed by Senate Republicans who are interested in keeping Congress tied up for their own personal gain and deny Democrats any successes at legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev)filed a procedural motion Wednesday night on legislation that would extend federal unemployment benefits to long term unemployed people for up to 20 weeks and will hold a procedural vote next Tuesday afternoon to proceed to legislation extending unemployment insurance nationwide. GOP leaders stalled the unemplo
GOP leaders stalled the unemployment extension on provisions addressing their concerns over immigration, the first time homeowner tax credit, and ACORN.
Senate supposed to vote on Unemployment bill on Tues. 10/27/09. Please barrage the Senators/ especially Sen. Jon Kyl (Az.)(R), Harry Reid (Nv.)(D), John Isakson (Ga.)(R) and keep telling them we are hurting out here pass this bill!
Things are fundamentally broken here. Not sure what else to say about it, except it is. There is a time when saying anything about a situation will do nothing, and these are one of those times. All I can conclude now is the GOP doesn't care about people in need, and their attaching riders to the bill, and arguing for anything BUT running up the deficit, shows this.
In regards to job hunting, less than 15% of all jobs are listed in the help wanted section.
Is there anybody else who hates it when there customers hey all "Rammy"?
Hey man,that's some sick sht,there's no need for that talk on this blogggg! This is about the ui extension.
The latest update on this is the Senate will devote a lot of time to this issue next week. It's under a lot of pressure to get this thing passed and onto the President's desk for his signature.
I don't care about about unemployment benefits. I care more about the fact that somebody took my job.
I need my unemployment! I am homeless now, I have a college degree and I am living in a friend's living room. There are no jobs out there! Cmon GOP, pass it if you ever wanna win an election again
So why is it if we're all unemployed and out of money and patients don't we all just stop it all by not paying anything. So what if the car company comes and get the car we need to find a job. So what if the house we rely on for shelter gets taken away and who really cares if all the credit card company's go under? I know the GOP does!!!! Think if everyone just stops paying money to everyone else and takes care of themselves? The whole economy would come to a grinding halt!!!!
Soon there will be many people flooding shelters, Salvation armies, welfare offices and then the country will have the worst problem ever since this GREATER DEPRESSION took over life as we know it. I think that if no one shopped for the holidays it would wake America up to all of us who just gave up. I know there won't be a Christmas tree up in my house this year. I hope all of our government is ready for the brakes to be put on this year by the very people who can do it. Power to the regular people in the US
I told my car company to come get my car and take your loan and shove it up their as*. The person on the other end of the phone was speechless and all of a sudden came up with many ways to help, go figure!!! I kept saying "no come get it, I don't care" I'd rather walk then put up with this anymore. I'd rather go hunt for my food, give up my Tv than let anyone have the power to push me around. And that's what the Senate is doing to all of us by delaying the unemployment vote.
So anyway the loan company told me they could put as many as 6 payments to the back of the loan rather than take my car. Watch how fast the senate responds once the loan companies start bitching that Americans are fighting back. Bet they'll pass it real quick because once it spreads it could easily collapse the economy faster than it has so far.
I
Flood all the news channels with our complete disgust with all of it. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC can cover a stupid balloon and dumb sports stories then they can hear us all now. They want news well then let's give it to them!!! Windows 7 got more coverage in the past 7 days then unemployed people have gotten in 2 years. And you wonder why people go into banks and schools and post offices with guns. The government gives us no other choice so by making our voices heard to the news outlets they will have to make it headlines.
Mr. president I would love to buy Windows 7 for $200.00 but I'm forced to make this horrible choice, feed my family with 3/1.00 mac and cheese or buy Windows 7 to use on my PC without any electric to run it. hmm I think I'll choose food this time. sorry Mr. Gates but you'll have to survive on your 46 BILLION dollars this year because the government just doesn't care about any of us anymore . Not us, not you not anyone. Less sales less profits!
So I used to work 65-70 hours a week buying diapers, formula and sacrificing my health for the benefit of my innocent children. I gave to my country by paying taxes without a problem, I donated my time to a local youth sports team, and supported my government by voting for change. This is not the change I voted for. I thought this new change attitude would bring us all together and help all of us. Now I'm out of money and my kids are suffering because daddy can't give them food, shelter, and promise them a fair future. All I can promise them is that they will be living on the street in a park and have to dumpster dive for food. Thanks to all in the Senate who keep not passing this unemployment extension I'll be hitch hiking to your house for dinner. Don't worry I'll be in the back going through your garbage can and taking the lobster scraps you don't want anymore. Me and my kids thank you again. Sleep great tonight.
Hey they passed for money to run the senate and the house and guess what people yes for rises for all in both but no GOB voted against that bill or fighting about where to get money to pay for it
No unemployment benefits? Then no paychecks, no healthcare benefits, no retirement benefits for all government employees including the President. We are all going to stop paying income taxes, property taxes and sales taxes. We can start stealing like all the politicians for living. That’s right, America. We are going to stop being good sheep and become wild wolves they can no longer control.
its not about were the money is gonna come from, the republicans have said they are for this. the hold up is republicans just wanna have some of their stuff passed, with this its all poltics thats it .This is what happens when one has power over congress others have to play games like this to get things passed , the money for this is gonna come from a temporary tax on employers for unemployment not much, they just need to vote on this attach what ever they need to get this done ....
bush origanly extened unemployment so please look up the facts before you bash the man
Does anybody know about the meeting on Tuesday? If they approve the extension,when would we get a check? I'm in a bad spot,I have not had any $ since august.It's getting cold where I live,and I do not have the $ to put the gas on so I can have heat.No jobs where I live,up in the mountains.I do not know what I'm gonna do...
Pages
Got something to say?
Examiner.com is looking for writers, photographers, and videographers to join the fastest growing group of local insiders. If you are interested in growing your online rep apply to be an Examiner today!