House Votes to Extend Unemployment Benefits
By John Amato Tuesday Oct 07, 2008 4:20pmWith the bail out bill dominating the news last week for obvious reasons I wanted to make sure everyone caught this important vote in The House. They passed HR 6867 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008.
The vote was 368-28.
Howie says only a few far right zealots voted against it. Can you name them?
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First!
(This is my first time being "first" of any thread. I'm so honored.)
Btw, I am very glad that they did vote to extend the benefits. That's a good thing when so many other aspects of this time is very dark.
It's fate. :p
And at C&L it isn't "First", it's "Frist". Old tradition.
King, Bachmann, the clown from LA.
Ok, I am gonna go look now.
And I was right. No-brainer.
Who is this Rep. Eshoo in the "Not Voting" list? I saw the name and said, "Gezundteit!" ....Or however it's spelled
Nice accompanying photo.
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It took me 10 minutes to find the register button.
Yeah, I'm not too bright.
I wonder if this means that I'll have to go through the process of having my unemployment checks verified by different offices again. On a high note, my benefits will probably now last until I'm done with school, which means I won't have to try for an impossible loan.
the above wanker is in the 'nays' as well.
Not a bit surprised.
I see that cry me a boner opted to skip the vote...as did several other well known goopers.
He had an appointment for a spray tan. And needed mascara.
kind of congresscritter to vote against unemployment benefits for some while doling out billions to fat cats. Their names sould be emblazoned across the sky, on billboards, everywhere so that everyone knows who they are. Karma is a bitch they say. So is a man or woman who has lost a job, home, everything.
Let the people know the names of those who voted to keep them in poverty.
Absured, how can we expect these people to finda job after 6 months of time, that need atleast a year!!!
http://www.c-span.org
I have one year of regular unemployment and then a 13 weeks federal extension as of July 6, 2008... Does this mean I have anouther 13 weeks??
time to impeach the war criminal traitors who destroyed the U.S.'s Economy.
really?
i find it hilarious that liberals can be so enthusiastic about the Constitution when it suits them, and so dismissive of it when it doesn't.
i don't blame people for voting either way for this bill, but that's because i respect those who have different philosophies as to the proper role of the federal government.
those who would use terms like 'zealots' do not have that same level of respect.
True, and whilst I disagree with a bill like this, I think it'd be an absolute outrage to approve 700 billion for bankers, and not to approve this. Personally i'd of been against both.
The press secretary's comments were outrageous today. When asked if the president would sign the bill she pretty much insulted all people on unemployment, insinuating that they really didn't want to work!
Here it is:
Go ahead, Paula.
Q You mentioned earlier about the pain everybody is feeling as a result of all this. Well, the House passed an unemployment extension bill, which would extend unemployment for all states for seven weeks, and for those that have high unemployment, above six percent, for an additional 13. Would the White House support this bill?
MS. PERINO: Well, Paula, I don't even think -- Congress is not even in session, so there's no legislation moving through Congress. We have supported unemployment benefit extensions in the past, although we wanted a shorter period of time than many had wanted. I don't know if there's some people recommending a 26-week extension. We cut that back to 13 weeks back in June. One of the reasons that we did that is because we want people to be able to return to the workplace as soon as possible.
So unless legislation starts moving that I'm not aware of when Congress isn't here, I don't know how we could support it.
Q The Senate comes back in November -- November 17th --
MS. PERINO: Well, let's take it up then, Paula. I mean, it's October 8th; there's a long way to go between now and then.
Q I know, but in the meantime, there are people that won't have unemployment checks between October 15th --
MS. PERINO: Well, my point is, Paula, that one of the things that we want is we want people to be able to return to work. We understand that there are people that are hurting, but we've already extended the unemployment benefits. But if legislation isn't moving between now and November 17th, if then, there's not a lot that we can do in terms of getting a law passed.
Q So you assume that in states that have high unemployment that those people will be able to find jobs between October and --
MS. PERINO: I hope that everybody who wants to find a job is able to find a job. I can only imagine the anxiety for people who are looking for a job and can't find one. And it's hard to put myself in their shoes because I haven't been in that situation. But obviously states -- and there are many of them -- that have high unemployment rates have a lot of people who are suffering. But getting back to work would be the best way to help all of us, collectively, them individually, and then us as a country.
Q Thank you.
MS. PERINO: Okay, thanks.
END 12:06 P.M. EDT
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