Speaking from a family of 6 that has been solely living on my income since the begininng of June, all I have to say is payback is a bitch! I hope that all these Republicans that are voting no and still going on all of their 10 day vacations while we, the people sit here wondering how to beg and borrow to pay bills and feed our kids remember that the millions of unemployed will be voting in November too!! I wich they could live in our shoes, I would give them a week, take all their money and make them sit a watch and wait, if this doesn’t pass, my family of 6 will have to move in with my mother in law, we are one payment from loosing our house!

Filibuster Broken!!!!!!

Well, he’s sworn in.. He really looks out of place in the sea of geritol…lol. Now it’s just waiting till they decide to actually work. I think they are taking roll call now.

IT PASSED!

not sure but i think our unemployment worrys are over i was watching the 12 news today in buffalo ny and there was a short piece saying the house and senate came to a agreement and unemployment will be extended thur dec 2010 and the bill will pass within a week yea im someone who only got 26 weeks and doesnt qualify for any extentions unless the bill was passed so im happy

seems strange that a NJ Sen is now a WV Sen…

very strange… owell – as long as they have the votes what does it matter at this point.

It seems that almost every law, rule, procedure and responsibility granted to the govt. under our founding principals and Constitution is being usurped at every turn by this current Administration..

very dangerous indeed..

Sad to say, but if we continue down the path that this administration and congress are leading us down, unemployment will be the LEAST of our problems…

Hang in there everybody!!

Got 60 on the Cloture!!

Can anyone tell me, does this bill include extensions to take you through the 99 weeks or does it only include tiers 1 thru 4. To get the 99 weeks, it also has to include the 13 to 20 weeks of state extended benefits and no one can seem to tell me this?

I got through on the phone today, they told me that they have started paying everything but SEB2 and that they are still doing the programming for SEB2 and that it could take another week.

Any other Colorado folks, expect to wait a week or more for SEB2

This exerpt from “Senate expected to OK unemployment benefits extension today”
By Annie Lowrey 7/20/10 8:44 AM

“The bill does not include an extension of the $25-a-week Federal Additional Compensation funds, tacked onto many unemployment checks. It also does not include any of the other provisions originally included in or proposed for the jobs bill or extenders package: It does not close tax loopholes, or provide Medicare funding to states, or include funds to keep teachers and other state employees working. It also does not create an additional fifth tier of benefits; federal extensions only continue in states with higher than an 8 percent unemployment rate, and the maximum weeks of state and federal benefits remains ninety-nine.”

I do not know what state you live in but I work for the Unemployment Division in WI and we allow people to continue to file even after they have ran out of benefits. Check with your state again.

I have now written Voinovich for about the 10th time. I’m getting ready to look up Reid to mail him.

it’s not.. it’s the same thing that happened back in the early 80’s. UI actually increases tax revenue while welfare sucks it dry…

keep your faith and He will see you through! confess your sin and pray and give thanks for what you have, ask Him to keep you strong, diligent and free from despair and He will deliver! Works EVERY time!!

Good to hear!! Hang in there!

Well said.

Not the way he is miss-using our money and putting policies in place that are Socicalist in effect. I had high hopes for him…. no more.

I could maybe see 1 or 2 flip sides on the issue during the break due to constant pressure from their constituents, we’ll have to wait and see. I could also see a larger push on compromise from the Repubs, but that will only be as strong as Reid’s willingness to hold this hostage. In the next 2 days we need to put a lot of pressure there. He’s the one that’s held this hostage to the idea of compromise.

Personally, I only need the payments I’ve missed and probably a few more to help me keep our bills paid and put gas in the van to go out and market my own business. Once I can line up a few clients, I’ll be on my own. I’ve actually found a small group of individuals in this same predicament. We are thinking about pooling our skills (a few variations in specializations) to group together as one business. We are meeting this week to discuss it. Anyways, we just need the minimal support of our unemployment long enough to get clients lined up.

Boy this sure has been a long day so far today……..

Good luck to us all. I won’t be able to stay on Medicaid but at least I will be able to keep a roof over our heads until I find something that has health care benefits.

Just got back from Help for Homeowners Community Event here in Denver.
Drove 52 miles round trip, waited 3 hours to talk to a “counselor”.
They told me to go get a job at McDonalds or Walmart and pay my mortgage!

Where is all the money going for this program?
Are they helping anybody who has lost their job/career at no fault of their own? Anybody, please post if you have had success in a modification.

http://makinghomeaffordable.gov/docs/100481%20-%20MHA%20Denver%20bilingual%20flyer.pdf

http://makinghomeaffordable.gov/index.html

Tier 5 is absolutely need by ALL Unemployed. Stop the games on the deadlines when there are only a few this Bill will help. Remove the deadlines and incorporate new TIERS 5, 6 for at least one year American Unemployed are suffering. Your ODJFS need to be contacted on their practices of stopping the unemployed not to file claims this is wrong it will not provide true unemployemnt rate numbers. Do something right for a change you know there is job issue in this country if 99 weeeks can not find work and the 26, 43 weeks can ot find work why are penalizing the complete 99 week unemployed. Get a Tier 5 , 6 BILL.

I’ve been making my payment requests online as advised by Texas Workforce Commission every 2 weeks for the last 4 weeks.

CBS Evening News listed this as a DEAD. No more unemployment for anyone.

This website would not come up. It throws an error message.

Gramps,

The operative word is BEFORE Obama. I may not agree with everything he does but at least give him the chance that everybody gave Bush. (for two terms)

The operative word is BEFORE Obama. I may not agree with everything he does but at least give him the chance that everybody gave Bush. (for two terms)

Star 58, I hope you are correct, and it is good to think positive, but I never thought they would leave for July 4th vacation without extending benefits, I thought for sure one side would care and give in but they showed their true colors. Why I feel that they will not vote yes is because Repbus now know that they will have Byrd’s interim senator, hopefully as a yes vote, but it will not be for a while because of the Gov. 1 to 1/2 week delay, so the Repubs have more time to make the Dem’s look bad. They are not worried about the children of the unemployed who may not be going to college because of their decisions, who knows what is gong to happen down the road, we can reduce the debt throught the years but the children of today only have today.

Good Luck to us all today!!! It kind of makes me worry that everywhere online and on the news keeps saying that it should pass with no problem today… Just like one of those famous last words type situations

http://hbeg.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/may-18-2010/

Senate Democratic leaders are preparing to turn to a package of tax extensions for individuals and businesses as early as May 20 providing the House passes a Senate-amended version of extenders legislation (HR 4213) that the House had approved earlier.

The House is slated to act on the measure on May 19, but revenue offsets continue to pose a problem, and negotiations between the House and Senate taxwriters remain ongoing.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on May 17 that he expects to wrap up work in the next few days on a financial regulatory reform bill (Sen 3217) and then turn to the extenders package with an eye on final approval before beginning the week-long Memorial Day recess that starts on May 31. The extenders bill also includes a long-term extension of unemployment benefits and health insurance for the unemployed, as well as a five-year delay of scheduled cuts in reimbursement payments to…

Senator Frank Lautenberg will replace the late Senator Byrd as Chairman of Homeland Security Appropriations. Senator Lautenberg is not a newcomer he’s been a senator since 1982.

Cost issues and revenue offsets have also posed problematic for a planned jobs incentive package that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., wants to soon mark up in committee. Republicans are demanding assurances that Senate Democratic leaders will address the estate tax dilemma, which is set to revert to its original 55-percent tax rate at the end of 2010. Baucus has been negotiating with ranking committee member Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Finance Committee member Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., on how to proceed on the estate tax. Both Kyl and Lincoln have been pushing to set the exemption level at $5 million for individuals and reduce the tax rate to 35 percent. Kyl has proposed several revenue offsets to Baucus, but the two lawmakers remain at odds and have not reached an agreement on how to pay for the bill.

By Jeff Carlson, CCH News Staff