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Unemployment Insurance

July 22, 2010 Unemployment Insurance: Why Extending It This Time Has Been So Hard Send by Christian Science Monitor For Republicans, that issue has been unemployment insurance. For Democrats, it's extending the Bush tax cuts. Sen. Harry Reid (D) of Nevada, left, [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Unemployment Insurance Posted by Willian Smith On April 15, 2010, President Obama signed legislation further extending unemployment insurance benefits. States are awaiting additional information about [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 21, 2010 Still Looking For A Job? Sucker. Posted by Willian Smith Despite attempts to buffalo us into believing that a full economic recovery is just around the bend, there are still a lot of people out of work in the U.S., and the Senate apparently wants to make sure they stay that way. Bowling past a GOP fillibuster, the Democratic-controlled Senate ruled 60-40 [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 The Progressive Pulse ? Extension Of Unemployment Benefits In A ... Send by Alexandra Sirota From the mountains to the coast, North Carolinians in every county had a bit of relief after the Senate voted to extend unemployment insurance. For the thousands of North Carolinians who have been without benefits since July 2nd due to [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 23, 2010 ?Compassionate? Congress And Obama Refuse To Extend COBRA Posted by Willian Smith They are so far removed from ordinary life that they have no clue the harm their politically calculated actions can wreak on fellow Americans. And they just don?t care. The House and Senate have approved an extension of unemployment benefits, but refused to extend COBRA subsidies. This, from a Congr [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 House Passes Jobless Aid Extension Posted by Willian Smith by Lisa Mascaro The House passed legislation Thursday extending unemployment insurance for 2.5 million jobless Americans, sending the bill to President Obama who is expected to quickly sign it into law. Continued aid for the unemployed had been stalled for weeks over Republicans' insistence that the [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Shrek Forever After Shows Our Intolerance For 'good' Posted by Willian Smith Once upon a time, this would have been a great good movie - Nick van der Leek We have come a long way since the lemon lime tones of the Mike Myers ogre first inverted our favorite Fairy Tales. At the same time we've seen other animation franchises born and blossom. Perhaps it is the extreme brillian [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Republicans Holding Up Unemployment Insurance | WallStreetOasis.com Send by AnthonyD1982 I am all for unemployment insurance. You pay into it, it gives an emergency support, I think the benefits to society are enough to warrant it's existence. With that said, all good things must come to an end. WTF is up with 100 week of [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Extending Unemployment Insurance | KeithHennessey.com Send by kbh There are negative supply-side effects from providing unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. The best estimates I have seen suggest the current 9.5% unemployment rate is 0.5 ? 1.0 percentage points higher than it would otherwise be [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 23, 2010 US Bishops? Committee Voices Support For Extension Of Unemployment Benefits Posted by Willian Smith Catholic News Agency ? July 20, 2010 Washington D.C., Jul 20, 2010 / (CNA/EWTN News) ? The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development is urging the faithful to support a new unemployment extension bill which is set to be voted on this week in the Senate. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Obama Urges Congress To Extend Unemployment Insurance ? Wall ... Send by wala Obama Urges Congress To Extend Unemployment InsuranceWall Street JournalWASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--President Barack Obama on Monday urged Congress to extend. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Penny Hill Press Unemployment Insurance: Available Unemployment ... Posted by Willian Smith Unemployment benefits may be extended for up to 53 weeks by the temporarily authorized Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program and extended for up to a further 13 or 20 weeks by the permanent Extended Benefit (EB) program [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Senate Adopts Unemployment Compensation Extension Legislation Posted by Willian Smith Senators have given final passage to the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213) by a vote of 59-39. The legislation has been modified and scaled-down by the Senate in the nature of a substitute amendment, which removes and replaces all provisions in the original bill. This slimmed-d [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Beyond Unemployment Insurance: Six Ideas To Lift The Economy ... Send by WPWI Rich Clabaugh/Staff Related Stories Next up on unfinished Senate agenda: unemployment insurance Is stimulus plan working? The arguments pro and con. Obama slams GOP for obstructing economic progress Overall, Americans are still gloomy [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Unemployment Insurance Benefits Update: Legislation Is Pending To ... Send by Jimmy Legislation is Pending to Extend Eligibility Dates for Benefit Extensions (Updated for the week of July 19th) Legislation to extend eligibility dates for. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 Hey, Senator Hatch: Unemployment Insurance Is Paid For Already ... Posted by Willian Smith Source: Calculated Risk WASHINGTON (AP) Millions of people stuck on the jobless rolls would receive an extension of unemployment benefits averaging $309 a. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 21, 2010 Unemployment Insurance Posted by Willian Smith Unemployment insurance was initiated on a national basis in [...] forerunner for the unemployment insurance provisions of the. Social Security Act of 1935. Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 21, 2010 Senate Move To Extend Jobless Benefits Passes Key Test - Jul ... Posted by Willian Smith More than 2.5 million unemployed Americans are one step closer to having their unemployment benefits restored. A bill that would push back the deadline to file for [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 House Approves Jobless Benefits Extension Posted by Willian Smith Congress has approved legislation to restore unemployment insurance to people who have been out of work for six months or more. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 22, 2010 On The Hill: As Congress Votes On Unemployment Insurance Extension ... Send by Scott Nance As part of our ongoing effort to cover the crisis in state unemployment insurance systems, we have been hearing from people in that very situation, like 61-year-old Kathairein Magdalena in Irving, Texas, who lost her unemployment [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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