Senate Republicans Hold Up Jobless Benefits

[dtotire]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Senate Republicans Hold Up Jobless Benefits
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 25, 2010



WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans are blocking speedy passage of a stopgap bill to extend jobless benefits, saying its $9 billion cost should not be added to the national debt.

The clash comes less than a month after Republicans shied away from a similar battle that led to an interruption in unemployment benefits eligibility for some people and a two-day furlough for some Transportation Department employees.

Last month, Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning blocked a similar extension of jobless benefits but ended up on the losing end of a public relations battle and backed away.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/03/25/us/politics/AP-US-Unemployment-Benefits.html?_r=1&ref=aponline


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[soleft]

1. Are they trying to implode?

[bunnies]

2. until the unemployed teabaggers get wind of it...

:rofl:

[tonysam]

3. Moreover, it's not a REAL extension, as in putting in another tier of benefits

It just pushes back the date for eligibility, and that helps many people, but many, many more are at risk of losing an income entirely.

Tier IV should have at least another twenty weeks added to the six weeks currently there.