U.S. Congress - H.R.5749 Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008
H.R.5749 - Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008
To provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation. view all titles (5)
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- Short: Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 as introduced.
- Short: Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 as reported to house.
- Official: To provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation. as introduced.
- Popular: Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 as introduced.
- Short: Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 as passed house.
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McClellan is a lttle fagott , Sure he’s gonna come up with more crap he’s promoting a book.What did Nixon do wrong? Hell wire taps , who don’t do that. The Gi Bill may even come out of other funds, The war is gonna get it’s money..
Family obligations prevent a move to South Texas – Austin/Roundrock etc. is booming but not for anyone making big bucks! Once you move
out of the DFW Metroplex, and should you get laid off, and should you be over 35, you are stuck! San Antonio, Houston etc. Maybe Crawford??
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I don’t know if every state is the same, but for those of you whose benefit YEAR ends, it might be worth a try to file a brand new claim. It doesn’t hurt to try. In NJ, they might count your employment for an 18-month period to be eligible.
Sergeant Stubby (1916 or 1917 – March 16, 1926), was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat.Stubby was found on the Yale campus in 1917 by John Robert Conroy. It has not been confirmed, but, many experts believe he was the product of 150 years of inbreeding several unknown breeds; some sources speculated that he was part Boston Terrier and part Pit Bull, while other sources state that he was in fact a pure bred american pit bull terrier 1 while his obituary described him as a “Bull terrier” (which was at the time synonymous with “American Bull Terrier” and “Pit Bull terrier”).2 Stubby marched with Conroy and even learned an approximate salute. When Conroy’s unit shipped out to France, Stubby was smuggled aboard the USS Minnesota. Stubby served with the 102nd Infantry, 26th (Yankee) Division in the trenches in France for 18 months and participated in four offensives and 17 battles. He entered combat on February 5, 1918 at Chemin des Dames, north of Soissons, and was under constant fire, day and night for over a month. In April 1918, during a raid to take Schieprey, Stubby was wounded in the foreleg by the retreating Germans throwing hand grenades. He was sent to the rear for convalescence, and as he had done on the front was able to improve morale. When he recovered from his wounds, Stubby returned to the trenches. After being gassed himself, Stubby learned to warn his unit of poison gas attacks, located wounded soldiers in no man’s land, and — since he could hear the whine of incoming artillery shells before humans could — became very adept at letting his unit know when to duck for cover. He was even solely responsible for capturing a German spy in the Argonne. Following the retaking Château-Thierry by the US, the thankful women of the town made Stubby a chamois coat on which were pinned his many medals. There is also a legend that while in Paris with Corporal Conroy, Stubby saved a young girl from being hit by a car. At the end of the war, Conroy smuggled Stubby home. After returning home, Stubby became a celebrity and marched in, and normally led, many parades across the country. He met Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren G Harding. He attended Georgetown University with Conroy, and became the Hoyas’ mascot. He would be given the football at halftime and would nudge the ball around the field to the amusement of the fans. Stubby was made a life member of the American Legion, the Red Cross, and the YMCA. In 1921, the Humane Education Society awarded him a special gold medal for service to his country
The Dogone – Dog Gas Neutralizing Pad is a comfortable and least intrusive means for deodorizing gassy discharges in a thong design. This will eliminate pet odors and dog odors from flatus or flatulence.
Uses our famous activated charcoal cloth (washable and reusable)! A starter hole is placed in the cloth in order to help you locate the suggested tail hole. Carefully measure tail and cut-out hole to proper size. Elastic straps are used for flexibility. Suspender clips are used to make the garment totally adjustable. They also provide quick release for allowing the dog out to do his business.
Please keep your comments to the subject – that is – The Unemploymnent Extension Status. It is important to those of us who are unemployed through no fault of our own. Find another forum for other comments.
Both Clinton and Barack brought up Bush and McCain’s opposition to the GI Bill today. This is a hot button issue on the campaign trail. Bush will be overidden if he vetos. Count on it. McCain looks like a complete fool. His opposition to assisting vets is another nail in his floundering quest for the presidency. It will pass this month!!!
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Hey CS….how are ya?
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I hope this doesn’t mean the House only meets tomorrow.
PROGRAM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
WEEK OF JUNE 1, 2008
Tuesday – JUNE 3, 2008
The House meets at 2:00 p.m.
http://www.house.gov/house/floor/thisweek.htm
I mean Tuesday. I’m tired too.
We’re Angry, Uneducated and Unhealthy— Now What?
Posted June 1, 2008 | 04:35 PM (EST)
Jeff Jarvis said something that got my fur up: Only Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan had an irrefutable point. ’We’ve got a totally irrational system of nominating our president,’ he said.
It’s refutable. Obama looked at how the nominating process was laid out and then built an organization and strategy to win on the terms of the system, rather than close his eyes and try to hit the target and then blame the game for his loss as Clinton and her supporters are doing.
Which kind of president would you rather have — one who accepts the world as it is and then maps out a way to win, or one that grouses at how irrational it is?
Yeah it’s irrational that all the oil is in the Middle East. Now what?
Yeah it’s irrational that Bush started a crazy war and that the country’s education and health care systems are inadequate to compete in a global economy. Now what?
Our infrastructure is crumbling, our products aren’t competitive, we’re uneducated, unhealthy, angry and to make matters worse our houses aren’t worth shit. Now what?
I want a president who welcomes the chaos and then figures out how we can be smart about the hand we’ve been dealt. Not one that whines and complains about how irrational the world is.
I can’t wait until the Clinton Democrats accept that their time has passed and the world their way worked in has passed too, and let’s get on with it.
This link is worth looking at.
Is the economy in a recession?
By JONATHAN LEIGH SOLOMON | 5/27/08 5:05 AM EST
Is the economy in a recession? Depending upon whether you’ve been talking to President Bush, John McCain, Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton, we are either in “tough times,” “challenging times,” “trouble” or “serious trouble.” As for average Americans, 76 percent believe that, yes indeed, we are in a recession. But what about two consecutive quarters of declining growth? We had 0.6 percent positive growth in the first quarter of 2008, so we must not be in a recession. Confused? Clearly, what is needed is a bold, new, foolproof method for deciding what to call the condition of our economy: The Jonathan Leigh Solomon “If It Quacks Like a Duck” Foolproof Recession Index.
Below is a post in reply to the article.
The numbers created by the labor dept and reported by the federal reserve are nothing short of stunningly STUPID. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to determine their methods of gathering data and reporting inflation seriously FLAWED. One such deterministic example: Retail Sales…this figure INCLUDES the purchase of gasoline at inflated prices giving a false rosy picture.
How can one manage an economy if one doesn’t have a clear picture of its overall health? Low inflation reporting benefits the government as then they are not liable for increases in pay from our soldiers in Iraq, the clerk in govt offices to grandma’s SS check. Indeed, corporations also use this number to justify pay raises.
We get it. Although the consumer is reported to be the driver behind our economy responsible for 2/3’s of its activity, we aren’t important enough to be considered in economic data points important to determine our ability to participate in the economy. There in lies the disconnect and the reason for the perplexed faces by those in power who think everything is just fine after returning in their limos from their $300 lunch.
OK, so lets just forget about all that but allow the very same bozo’s our taxdollars are bailing out to to continue their brutal and stunning criminal behavior. Municipal bonds sold for 20 years are being called in by investment banks after 20 years of lending and assurances of liquidy to the buyer. Malfeasance clear there just as surely as its clear as in the mortgage securities; but, they get to keep not only their jobs but personal wealth too without being held to accountable for their CRIMINAL behavior. The irony is this WILL mean increased fees and taxes on the very same consumers that don’t count.
Lets take it one more step. FUTURES markets are currently inflated by who…you guessed it, the same guys n gals who nearly crashed the economy, the ones who get bailed out, the ones abandoning Main Street to improve their bottom lines. Thus the ramp up in oil prices and other commodities, including metals and food. This is a sandbox they shouldn’t be playing in as it short-circuits the simpler supply/demand markets making them unclear. They’ve made their fortunes, time for some sanity to return. Let them retire to Fiji so the rest of us can afford a PB&J for lunch.
When you don’t have cops on the beat you get criminal behavior, keep cops off the beat and the criminal behavior invades homes and personal lives of those who didn’t do business with the criminals.. MINIMAL oversight and regulation aren’t a dirty words, its merely keeping the Criminals out of our lives so we can live without being robbed blind in our sleep OVERNIGHT. K? thx.
Where are the TASK FORCES AND INVESTIGATIONS? Where is the SEC? Where are our Senators and why aren’t these guys who are sucking every last breath out of the american consumer at least being reigned in?
Oh yeah, I forgot, we don’t count.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10629.html
Obama is an idiot, he is raciest,
he deals with terrorist and
is a real scary, horrible choice for a United States President!
You’d Better think twice about voting for this MORON!!!
We are living in a world where we are constantly shown, by the media, man’s inhumanity toward each other through violence, terrorism, and war. Never has there been a time that our light is more needed than now. During this powerful time in history we, as a group of conscious beings, actually can shift the awareness of the planet. The soul work we are doing has prepared us perfectly for this precise moment. Our voices, actions and intentions will inspire and heal so many. No longer can we sit by and just visualize our government making conscious choices. We must combine our spiritual practices with uplifting words and positive action.
If we can do this, I believe with my whole being that we are on the brink of something truly amazing. The vision I hold is that we are a moment away from creating a world safe for our children, their children, and all generations to follow.
Some of you might be saying, “How can I as one person change what is happening in our government and our world?” By becoming a spiritual activist, and by being that spark to help others raise their awareness and find peace. By committing to creating peace within yourself and your family, by voting and encouraging others to vote for political leaders who value humanity, and by helping others discover their light, you set in motion the intention of positive transformation.
If one by one each of us takes personal responsibility for raising the awareness of humanity we begin to shift the global consciousness.
There is a powerful phenomenon in group behavior called reaching a critical mass. What this means is that one person begins initiating a behavior, others observe it and begin imitating the action. Then one by one others join in until enough people are behaving in the same way and the entire crowd follows: this is the critical mass.
I personally witnessed this phenomenon over the weekend when my husband and I took our children to a Marlin’s game. The stadium was filled with the energy of 25,000 people, each an individual brought together for the collective purpose of enjoying an afternoon of baseball. My six-year-old daughter Riley, who is very wise and observant, was fascinated by the crowd. As she looked around with determined eyes she leaned over and said, “Mommy, do you think I can get the whole stadium to start doing the Marlins cheer?” I told her, “Go for it and see what happens…”
She began very quietly chanting, “Lets go Marlins,” then she looked around and noticed that her father, brother, and I were chanting with her. She became more confident and began cheering louder. The section behind and in front of us joined in. Within moments all 26,000 people erupted in a frenzy chanting “Lets Go Marlins.” My daughter beamed, knowing that she ignited a spark of inspiration and passion that spread so quickly.
The healing light within each of us is so needed by our government and world. It can be ignited by each of us at any moment, in the same way that Riley started the chant that was taken up by the whole stadium. Change always occurs with one little spark: just look at Martin Luther King, Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Theresa, Moses, Christ, and Buddha.
We can all take courage and strength from the immortal words of Mahatma Gandhi: “Be that change you wish to see in the world.” You never know, you might just be the spark that changes our collective consciousness to peace and integrity.
May you have the courage to speak your truth, may you find peace within, and may we all know peace on earth.
Debbie Milam, Founder The Best You Can Be Foundation www.bestyoucanbe.org
I saw this on Yahoo this AM, is the Senate in?
WASHINGTON – Most senators acknowledge that climate change poses a major environmental threat, but getting agreement on how to deal with it is another matter.
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The Senate on Monday will take up legislation that calls for cutting carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases by about 70 percent from power plants, refineries, factories and transportation by mid-century.
But the bill’s chances of passing the Senate are viewed as slim as its supporters are not expected to muster the 60 votes needed to overcome a certain filibuster threat. Prospects in the House are even less certain.
But both Democrats and Republicans appeared eager to debate global warming and both sides are preparing a string of amendments for later this week — some to make the legislation stronger, others to weaken it.
GOP senators hope to focus on the potential economic impact of the legislation, predicting the shift away from carbon-intensive fossil fuels like coal and oil will lead to higher costs for electricity, gasoline, natural gas and fuel oil for heating.
Meanwhile Democratic sponsors of the bill are trying to blunt the cost issue by proposing to funnel tens of billions of dollars a year to help people pay their energy bills, ease carbon-intensive industries’ transition away from fossil fuels, and spur development of alternative energy sources.
The bill would cap the amount of carbon dioxide that affected industries would be allowed to release. Companies would be provided emission allowances — some for free and other auctioned off. The allowances could be traded in an open market among companies that either need to buy them to met the emissions cap, or can sell them because their emissions have fallen below the cap.
Revenue from the pollution allowances — an estimated $6.7 trillion over nearly four decades — would be used to hold down the cost of complying with the new carbon limits, and help people pay energy bills. Some of the money would be used for $800 billion in tax break over the 40 years for people facing high energy costs, according to the bill’s sponsors.
The legislation “will give us the resources to help consumers with energy costs, without increasing the (federal) deficit,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., a key sponsor and chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. “This bill provides the tools we need to make America more energy independent by investing in energy efficiency and new clean energy sources.”
The bill would require an 18 percent reduction of greenhouse gases below 2005 levels by 2020 and about 70 percent below that level by 2050. Some sources would not be covered, so the overall U.S. emission reductions would be by about two-thirds by 2050.
While environmentalists have preferred even stronger measures that would cut greenhouse emissions by as much as 80 percent by mid-century, most support the Senate bill as a step in addressing climate change. The bill also has picked up support recently from a dozen unions, the nation’s mayors, a number of governors and religious groups.
General Electric Co., Alcoa Inc., and Exelon Corp, the country’s biggest operator of nuclear power plants, are expected Monday at a news conference with Boxer and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., another chief sponsor, to support the legislation.
But many business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have criticized the measure as too costly. The charge against the bill has been lead by those that would be most affected including the oil and coal industries.
Such carbon reductions in the time required by the legislation threatens “the American way of life,” declares an advertisement by the American Association for Clean Coal Electricity, whose members include coal companies and utilities that rely heavily on coal.
The bill’s supporters counter with studies that show modest cost increases from the emission caps if there is an expansion of alternative energy sources including solar, wind and carbon-free nuclear power as well as energy efficiency and conservation.
“We want to make sure … we don’t forget that the cost of inaction on global warming would be much higher than the cost of the emission reductions called for in this bill,” said Daniel Lashoff, director of the Climate Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Geez, the house gets in on 2pm?
Tuesday – JUNE 3, 2008
The House meets at 2:00 p.m.
Politico.com
The Huddle
Recess Is Over
June 2, 2008
“The Blue Dogs may make Pelosi’s life more difficult on the supplemental, but Roll Call’s Steven Dennis notes that House Republicans have their troubles, too: “After losing three special elections and enduring miserable poll numbers and poor fundraising,” do they join their Senate colleagues in approving a GI bill and other domestic spending the president opposes? “Party leaders have tried to rebrand the party as fiscally responsible in part by backing up veto threats on spending bills, but Members are becoming increasingly wary of sticking by Bush,” Dennis writes."
Hopefully, we will hear good news soon. Out utility company is requesting a 20% rate increase on our gas bill. It seems everything is tripling in cost except our salary. This is scary, the worse yet to come.
If the unemployment extension is past, most likely more states will qualified for the extra 13 weeks (26wks) because the states unemploymnet rate will really go up.We will be counted again. There are no jobs…very depressing, I rather have a job with benefits then unemployment and I know we all feel the same.
The Republicans better vote for this bill or comes 2009 they will be voted out and we will become a Democratic world.
How do you see it going up? People are exhausting their benefits everyday , that makes numbers go down! Wishful thinking I guess.
I hope it’s not past.. I hope it’s passed.
Lets sure the hell hope we don’t end up a Democratic world, You want to see high taxes.. Ear marks, hedge funds, pork barrel spending to name a few..
We have congressman DEMOCRAT in Michigan that got money to preserve the Michigan beaches, that are covered with snow 6 months of the year, crazy..