U.S. Congress - S.3507 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
S.3507 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation. view all titles (3)
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- Official: A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation. as introduced.
- Popular: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 as introduced.
- Short: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 as introduced.
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cs: why do you disrespect President Bush like you do on here. You should go to another forum for your personal issues and STOP DISRESPECTING A SITTING PRESIDENT WHO HAS KEPT YOUR OLD ASS SAFE FROM TERRORISTS !!
fuck you and the horse you rode in on you fuckin bush gobbler
bush is the terrorist you sock monkey
Did everyone watch the speech? He never mentioned the millions out of work americans , just wall street, I;ll be glad when he is out of office, I bet he will too.
Quit with the filthy talk OOT, I think you’ve had a break down or something
Please don’t put ANY credence in ANYTHING Sarah Palin says.
Oh’’ McCain and Palin crying depression. Ok lets empty out what we have in our bank account and give it to some mismanaged stealing insurance co. or shady freddie and fannie. This is crazy . ration the money to them and if the stock market don’t like it , O’well
-NEW YORK STATE-Good day all, I thought that this article was important for those of you who are losing hope in this struggle that we are in today. Please don’t lose “HOPE” and do not “DESPAIR”. “IT IS NOT OVER YET!!!”.
To all here in this struggle I say: “FORTITUDO”!!!
Be Blessed All!!!
-NEW YORK STATE-Here’s the link to “That Article”:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/NATION/809250448/1361
Just read the article, very nice, am getting cautiously optimistic, how about everyone else?
can someone post what the artcle says cant get anywhere with it
OMG are you that stupid, you do not know how to copy and then past it into your we browser, or are you just a troll
What’s a we browser?
There’s a limit to 1000 characters (good idea); will post in two parts…
thank you so very much
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the House probably will vote on a stimulus package with an extension of jobless benefits on Friday.
The speaker said the stimulus bill likely would contain an extension of jobless benefits, and help for states in the form of Medicaid and infrastructure-construction dollars.
Congress is in its final days before its scheduled recess for the elections. But the need to finish the $700 billion bailout package to deal with the financial system crisis leaves open the possibility legislators will remain in Washington longer.
Pelosi and other congressional leaders, as well as the presidential nominees, were scheduled to meet with President Bush Thursday afternoon. Pelosi said she would use the opportunity to urge Bush to support a stimulus package, which she said may be “a little more” than the originally anticipated $50 billion.
“We hope the president sees the light now, but we intend to proceed with a very lean stimulus package,” said Pelosi.
She added that “it would be very hard” for the administration to argue Wall Street needs a $700 billion bailout while not helping the average worker who is feeling the “ramification of Wall Street’s crisis” in job losses.
While Pelosi offered no details of the stimulus plan, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel proposes extending unemployment benefits for seven weeks for all states, and then on top of that another 13 weeks for states with jobless rates of 6 percent or higher.
Michigan has the highest jobless rate in the nation, at 8.9 percent. The national average is 6.1 percent.
Bush signed a bill that included a 13-week extension of jobless benefits on June 30.
That earlier extension was expected to help about 226,000 jobless workers in Michigan, whose benefits either already had been exhausted or would have been soon.
That’s it.
thank you
so this will be voted on tommorow?
Looks like the vote will be tomorrow, won’t rest much tonight, did you see that the latest jobless claims are the highest in 7 years?
no it will not be voted on tomorrow the Dems are talking out of the sides of there mouth, They have no intension of extending unemployment till well after the election
-NEW YORK STATE-I will post this as (2)-parts as there is now a 1000 character iimit on this forum.
EVERYONE,
Please do not become discouraged, I know that this sentiment is better and easier to be “Said” rather than acted upon, but my point is please do not allow yourselves to despair because of some “UNFOUNDED” comments or scare and fear based comments some may choose to make in this here forum.
This is just my opinion:
I have been following this for some time now and “NANCY PELOSI” and the majority of the “DEMS” have been trying to include this the “Extension”; in (2) different bills, thus not fruitful due to “REPUB’S” blocking. They are trying, they will attempt to include this in some spending measure, stimulus add on or somethng and I have a strong feeling that they will get “AT LEAST SOMETHING”!!!
lier lier lier, The republicans can not block the dems from doing anything The dems are the Majority. The Dems have yet to attempt to add unemployment to anyting that can pass.
what (2) different bills did “nancy pelosi” try to add unemployment into?
Re: Mr. lier, lier, lier
How many votes are needed in the Senate to possibly pass a bill?
-NEW YORK STATE-It goes way beyond it being an election year. Politics! Politics! They all know that they have to and they (MUST!!!) “Stabilize” and “Revitalize” some public spending and the best way to spearhead that right now is through “UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENSION”. Leaving off to adjourn without and “EXTENSION” will cause major losses for both Economy and political parties. Mark my sentiments!
Just my opinion. And yes, I am a realist and am still keeping hope “ALIVE”!!!
Be Blessed All…
-NEW YORK STATE-So are they giving wall street the whole lump sum of 700 trillion??
Just heard Obama talk about the contentious meeting today, he said it all, " We need to think about Main Street, jobless claims are the highest in 7 years, we need a stimulus package", he had the guts to say it, let’s see what happens tomorrow.