my unemployment runs out soon and i am so worried aboauat bill, food, basic essentials. when does congress meet again to discuss extending unemployment benefits????

It sure seems to me they would have passed that extension due to this being a election year, unreal!! They think people can live on 600.00 and go on a shopping spree..

My unemployment benefits ran out at the begeinning of February which I had to fight for because my employer fired me because of my medical reason. I unable to find a job right now because the medication I have been prescribed doesn’t allow me to function normally. Because Florida is a state that only give disability benefits for being totally disabled I don’t qualify. I have no children so I don’t qualify for cash benefits. No job, no unemployment, can’t qualify for diability or cash assistance and unable to drive or function normally. HELP!! – what is a person to do??? Truly become homeless and die because I don’t have money buy meds to control my constant seizures. I was born and raised in the USA, why is it so hard and takes so long to get help in this country. By the time everything gets processed you have hit rock bottom and have to start all over again.

I have been laid off since September,with my benefits to run out in march, and I have found a job yet. 3 weeks ago I was diagnose with AAA (Abdominal aortic aneurysm – potentially lethal disease) and I need open surgery.
Surgery is schedule in the begin of March and recovery takes usually 4-8 weeks. Anybody knows if I can extend my unemployment benefits for this period?
Thanks

i havent been unemployed since I was 17 years old (34 now), and my benefits ran out in december. I’ve burned through my savings trying desperately to find a job, and have had no luck. My house is going into foreclosure, my son is going to live with his grandma, and i’m going to be living on the streets at the end of the month.

I feel your pain also. I am a single mother with a son almost 3 years old. I lost my job in September and I have about 2 weeks left of unemployment, which is only 128 a week. The last 4 months of my employment I was making 4 times that amount and had gotten myself into payments that I can no longer afford. My gas and electric will be shut off soon if the state doesn’t help me. I don’t even understand why there is a question in Michigan of whether or not they should allow us an extension. I don’t have a cell phone, my car is 14 years old and dying and diapers are 21 dollars a case, JESUS.

I feel for you all, my husband has been laid off since September,with his benefits to run out in march, he has not found a job yet, he is fifty years old also and this is the first time in 25 years he has been looking for a new job.I have been trying to help with the slack by working 50 hours a week myself but its burning me out, please somebody pass this bill fast.

I am 56 years old, in three weeks my unemployment is over. I have 30 years experience in accounting, my job is suppose to be in high demand. Companies are not hiring. I can not even find a temp job. Its is unbelievable.

I have been unemployed since Oct and my benefits run out in April, I do not know what I will do. I am 53 years old and the first time I have been unemployed for 20 years and it takes a lot longer to get employment when you are over the age of 50. I am praying that they will approve this extension of benefits for all our sakes.

Lets all starting writing, emailing, calling our representatives. Something has to be done, we all have so much to loose if we don’t stand for something. If we “unemployed” stick together maybe we can get this to bill to pass, pass this website to everyone you can and ask them to write our representatives, please.

My unemployment runs out in two weeks.I have two kids and two dogs.I have applied for everything from wine tasting to merchandising. There only one job in my field(meatcutter) in the whole state and that is 2 hrs away.The gov. does not see or care about the needs of its people or they would not waste time on the bills they are currently working on. I have only one resource left" GOD" so I think I will say a prayer for all of us.

My unemployment ran out this week. I am a single mom with three kids and are now living at my brothers sleeping in the living room. Hopefully the bill will get passed soon.

My unemployment is gone, and my husband is loosing his job. His company had been in business for over 100 years, and they announced yesterday that its closing.. Dont know what to do…It shows you that Bush doesnt care about the people who are trying to make it day to day. The extension would help me and my family.

my last check is in 2 weeks im already behind in my house payments and once my benifits are over i dont know how we are goin to eat and pay the rest of our bills they need to look over the plan again and hopefully pass it this time

The news keeps reporting that unemployment is down….however, they don’t take into consideration the number of people that have been on unemployment and their benifits have run out. The job market is bleak at best right now…and those people have no way of paying their bills. Looks like if Bush has his way, there are gonna be a lot of homeless poeple in this country.

Helping other countries has been the american way for a long time, but doesnt the government think its time to regulate that spending and put it into our own country which is crumbling fast! My son needs shots he is 15 months and i keep getting rejected for doctors who wont take medicaid. Anyone rember that song whats going on? What is going on? God bless all of you in this struggle. If obama or clinton get in which one of them should, I think we will see some good changes. Id like my son to be in AMERICA. As i see it now this is no longer america. This is a dogfight 50 states large

Stimulus package great idea. Alot of us can use the money. But Bush opposes the unemployment extensions? whats more important? That people with jobs get extra money or that the unemployed get an extension thats much needed to find a job that can at least even the living expenses. Houses are being foreclosed on in mass numbers and a rebate check is going to solve this? We need to rebuild this economy from the ground up. And i watched the debate last night. Learning a second language for americans? Great if you elect to. But i think it should be mandatory that anyone in this country who is legal, needs to learn the language of america! ENGLISH!

Why is it that Bush wants to give aid to every one but Americans. I can`t for the life of me understand how this man thinks.

Bush wants to give all these other countries aid but he does not care about the people in this country who need help.

An extension at the first of Feb would have immediately put $$ in the hands of the unemployed and put cash into the economy faster then these rebate checks… Soooooo,frustrated with our government!

You can contact your local representative,through their state website via e-mail,phone.

Stimulus package too far too late for the people who really need it, damage is already done to credit worked hard to build.

I hope someone else will enjoy my house as well as I did.

Where can I go to find more information regarding the possible extentension of unemployment benefits?? Should we be writing to our representatives on this issue? My husband is unemployed and he has about 2 months left, we live in Ohio and jobs are absolutely terrible to come by…Please inform me of anything I can do? or info on the internet regarding this bill? Or writing representatives???

This is just sad we can so much money to other countries but we cannot help our own. I live in MIchigan with highest unemployment rate and finding a job is unlikely right now. I have 3 more checks coming and then I am done. I am thankful for the checks coming in May but I wont have anywhere to live by then and where will they deliver that check to my car?

Everything I have read in the proposed Bill (s) indicates that yes you would.

Is NY one of the states that would be considered for extension if unemployment extentsion gets passed?

SO if are benefits run out this month or last month, or next month… Then the bill gets passed, will we be granted the 13 more weeks if we hadn’t found a job yet?

I agree with you, the government should of pass the unemployment extension before the rebates. There are alot of unemployed Americans who benfits ran out or will soon.

Wouldn’t you think giving extensions to those thousands of unemployed, whose benefits have run out within the last 6 months put money into the economy faster then the rebates that won’t be here until atleast mid-may?