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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.589 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h589/atom_news" rel="self"/>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h589/news" rel="alternate"/>
  <updated>2012-06-26T15:15:08Z</updated>
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    <name>opencongress.org</name>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/news/68107</id>
  <entry>
    <title>CEA CEO Cites New Data on Immigrant &#8211; Innovation Connection</title>
    <link href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120626006669/en/CEA-CEO-Cites-Data-Immigrant-%E2%80%93-Innovation" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-26:/commentary/16248363</id>
    <updated>2012-06-26T15:15:08Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Business Wire</name>
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3185); and the Startup Act 2.0 (S.3217/H.R. 589). &#8220;Everyone can join CEA&#8217;s Innovation Movement and tell Congress to support strategic immigration reform at DeclareInnovation.com.&#8221;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120626006669/en/CEA-CEO-Cites-Data-Immigrant-%E2%80%93-Innovation&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>CEA CEO Cites New Data on Immigrant &#8211; Innovation Connection</title>
    <link href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/CEA+CEO+Cites+New+Data+on+Immigrant+%E2%80%93+Innovation+Connection/7542531.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-26:/commentary/16217580</id>
    <updated>2012-06-26T15:15:08Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>StreetInsider.com</name>
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3185); and the Startup Act 2.0 (S.3217/H.R. 589). &#8220;Everyone can join CEA&#8217;s Innovation Movement and tell Congress to support strategic immigration reform at DeclareInnovation.com.&#8221;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/CEA+CEO+Cites+New+Data+on+Immigrant+%E2%80%93+Innovation+Connection/7542531.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>CEA CEO Cites New Data on Immigrant &#8211; Innovation Connection</title>
    <link href="http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120626006675/en/Shapiro/CEA/Patent" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-26:/commentary/16602482</id>
    <updated>2012-06-26T15:07:58Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Business Wire</name>
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3185); and the Startup Act 2.0 (S.3217/H.R. 589). &#8220;Everyone can join CEA&#8217;s Innovation Movement and tell Congress to support strategic immigration reform at DeclareInnovation.com.&#8221;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120626006675/en/Shapiro/CEA/Patent&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Whistleblowing Expose Reveals Cruelty at Iowa Pig Breeding Factory Farm and Hormel Supplier</title>
    <link href="http://news.yahoo.com/whistleblowing-expose-reveals-cruelty-iowa-pig-breeding-factory-164617496.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-15:/commentary/12225809</id>
    <updated>2012-02-15T11:43:52Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>YAHOO!</name>
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Iowa is the largest pork-producing state in the U.S., and agribusiness interests are currently trying to pass an &quot;ag-gag&quot; law (HR-589/SF-431) in the state to effectively make whistleblowing exposes on factory farms, like this investigation, illegal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/whistleblowing-expose-reveals-cruelty-iowa-pig-breeding-factory-164617496.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Conference Committee Must Extend Emergency Unemployment Benefits</title>
    <link href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-barbara-lee/conference-committee-must_b_1251002.html?ref=politics" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-02:/commentary/11963659</id>
    <updated>2012-02-02T20:49:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Huffington Post</name>
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My bill with Congressman Bobby Scott, H.R. 589, does just that. While the bill languishes in committee, it is my hope that this conference committee will consider this legislation for inclusion in any final legislative agreement. Far too many Americans ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-barbara-lee/conference-committee-must_b_1251002.html?ref=politics&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Conference Committee Must Extend Emergency Unemployment Benefits</title>
    <link href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-barbara-lee/conference-committee-must_b_1251002.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-02:/commentary/11963497</id>
    <updated>2012-02-02T17:28:34Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Huffington Post</name>
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My bill with Congressman Bobby Scott, H.R. 589, does just that. While the bill languishes in committee, it is my hope that this conference committee will consider this legislation for inclusion in any final legislative agreement. Far too many Americans ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-barbara-lee/conference-committee-must_b_1251002.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Lee Demands Relief for Long-Term Unemployed</title>
    <link href="http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=305928" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-01:/commentary/11431674</id>
    <updated>2011-12-01T12:23:54Z</updated>
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      <name>Insurance News Net</name>
    </author>
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H.R. 589 is my bill to extend unemployment compensation for an additional fourteen weeks for the 99ers - and this bill must be included in an unemployment extension package going forward. &quot;The AP reports that &quot;Early last year, 75 percent (of the unemployed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=305928&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Help for long-term unemployed discussed as states lose eligibility for Tier 4</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/help-for-long-term-unemployed-discussed-as-state-s-lose-eligibility-for-tier-4" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-13:/commentary/11430945</id>
    <updated>2011-11-13T18:28:50Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner</name>
    </author>
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are part of the discussions taking place in the 'Super Committee' budget talks and in the powerful House Ways &amp; Means Committee (where HR589 &amp; all other bills that could help millions of 99ers) go to die. Last Friday my mom got word that her job has been .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/help-for-long-term-unemployed-discussed-as-state-s-lose-eligibility-for-tier-4&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Barbara Lee Statement on September Jobs Report</title>
    <link href="http://www.thestatecolumn.com/health/barbara-lee-statement-on-september-jobs-report/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-10:/commentary/11379896</id>
    <updated>2011-10-10T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The State Column</name>
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 &#8220;I reiterate my call to Speaker Boehner to allow an up or down vote on HR 589, a bill I introduced that would provide fourteen weeks of benefits for those who have exhausted their unemployment benefits and are now off the books and in desperate need. ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestatecolumn.com/health/barbara-lee-statement-on-september-jobs-report/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Meeting planned re extension of UI for 99ers in Obama&amp;#39;s jobs bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/meeting-planned-re-extension-of-ui-for-99ers-obama-s-jobs-bill" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-05:/commentary/11359338</id>
    <updated>2011-10-05T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
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 Barbara Lee&amp;#39;s bill for the 99ers, HR 589, is $16 Billion. Almost seems like chump change. Everyone is trying to figure out if the 99ers are covered in the bill or not. Even though it appears the answer is no getting an definitive confirmation is no ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/meeting-planned-re-extension-of-ui-for-99ers-obama-s-jobs-bill&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Joint Center Tech</title>
    <link href="http://politic365.com/2011/10/04/8-reasons-cbc-and-obama-are-beefing/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-04:/commentary/11358120</id>
    <updated>2011-10-04T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Politic365</name>
    </author>
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 Barbara Lee&amp;#39;s bill HR 589, 14 more weeks of unemployment insurance for 99ers; and 5. NIH funding and attention on health disparities. 8. May 2010 and May 2011 &#8212; CBC Push for Summer Youth Jobs Two Summers in a Row, White House Silent. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://politic365.com/2011/10/04/8-reasons-cbc-and-obama-are-beefing/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congress&amp;#39; Dilemma: More Unemployment Extensions or Create More 99ers</title>
    <link href="http://www.huliq.com/12092/congress-dilemma-more-unemployment-extensions-or-create-more-99ers" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-18:/commentary/11312425</id>
    <updated>2011-09-18T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>HULIQ</name>
    </author>
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 HR 589 would be the way to do that but I doubt that&amp;#39;ll get passed either. Sickening how much this country hates to help out others who as you pointed out and everyone else knows are unemployed &amp;#39;through no fault of their own&amp;#39;. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huliq.com/12092/congress-dilemma-more-unemployment-extensions-or-create-more-99ers&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and the American Jobs Act</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenCongressCongressGossipBlog/~3/nGgdtXR2cEg/2378-99ers-and-the-American-Jobs-Act" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-15:/commentary/11293840</id>
    <updated>2011-09-15T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpenCongress</name>
    </author>
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...can not apply. Obviously, none of this is a substitute for additional weeks of unemployment insurance for 99ers, as proposed in H.R.589. Unemployment insurance provides a critical lifeline for those who have been hardest hit by the jobs crisis, and it i&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenCongressCongressGossipBlog/~3/nGgdtXR2cEg/2378-99ers-and-the-American-Jobs-Act&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Democrats&amp;#39; Advice For Obama&amp;#39;s Jobs Speech</title>
    <link href="http://www.businessinsider.com/congressional-democrats-advice-for-obamas-jobs-speech-2011-9" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-07:/commentary/11264432</id>
    <updated>2011-09-07T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Business Insider</name>
    </author>
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 I have specifically requested that the president include my bill HR 589, which would extend unemployment compensation to all jobless workers by adding an additional 14 weeks of benefits, to his jobs package. I will continue to work with the various ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businessinsider.com/congressional-democrats-advice-for-obamas-jobs-speech-2011-9&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Black lawmakers write Obama about jobs</title>
    <link href="http://www.reddingnewsreview.com/newspages/2011newspages/black_lawmakers_letter_obama_11_110000069.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-08-25:/commentary/11221296</id>
    <updated>2011-08-25T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Redding News Review</name>
    </author>
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 Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott are urging the president &amp;quot;to not only maintain the current extension of unemployment benefits to America&amp;#39;s jobless workers, but to also incorporate HR 589, The Emergency Unemployment Extension Act.&amp;quot; &#8220;Extending u&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddingnewsreview.com/newspages/2011newspages/black_lawmakers_letter_obama_11_110000069.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Woodard, the self-proclaimed &amp;quot;Accidental Lobbyist,&amp;quot; is a Director of Federal ...</title>
    <link href="http://politic365.com/2011/07/19/hey-sports-fans-%E2%80%94-is-it-time-for-the-fcc-to-eliminate-exclusivity-rules/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-19:/commentary/11104877</id>
    <updated>2011-07-19T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Politic365</name>
    </author>
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 We were talking about HR 589, a 14-week extension of unemployment benefits. Rep. Barbara Lee clarified something to me this morning regarding unemployment benefits, the debt ceiling negotiations, HR 589 and 99ers vs. general unemployment benefits. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://politic365.com/2011/07/19/hey-sports-fans-%E2%80%94-is-it-time-for-the-fcc-to-eliminate-exclusivity-rules/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Extension &#8211; Henry has the Solution to the Unemployment Problem</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-extension-henry-has-the-solution-to-the-unemployment-problem/5451" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-18:/commentary/11104875</id>
    <updated>2011-07-18T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 As the debate in Washington rages as to who is going to get screwed next, the 99ers fall further into obscurity. In watching a report on FOX News on Sunday I heard one economist saying that we give too much unemployment in the United States and that is ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-extension-henry-has-the-solution-to-the-unemployment-problem/5451&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Why Does is Seem HR 589 Unemployment Extension has Ceased to Exist?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-why-does-is-seem-hr-589-unemployment-extension-has-ceased-to-exist/5436" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-17:/commentary/11104874</id>
    <updated>2011-07-17T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 The biggest problem the 99ers and those supporting the HR 589 Unemployment Extension are facing is communicating our cause to one another and the American public at large. The issue of the long term unemployed is becoming more predominant in every ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-why-does-is-seem-hr-589-unemployment-extension-has-ceased-to-exist/5436&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers Will Obama Advocate for HR 589 Unemployment Extension?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-will-obama-advocate-for-hr-589-unemployment-extension/5426" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-16:/commentary/11104876</id>
    <updated>2011-07-16T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 So what does this mean to us 99ers who have all but given up hope on HR 589? Well not a damn thing. When Obama speaks of further unemployment extensions he is talking about Tiers 1 through 4, which not only have nothing to do with the 99ers, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-will-obama-advocate-for-hr-589-unemployment-extension/5426&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension It&amp;#39;s Going to be All Right, Bernanke is ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-it%E2%80%99s-going-to-be-all-right-bernanke-is-giving-us-qe3/5399" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-14:/commentary/11104873</id>
    <updated>2011-07-14T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 Neo-cons and socialists alike were cheering as Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, hinted of a QE3, which means more stimulus dollars for the rich. The DOW shot up 170 points but calmed to about 44 by the end of the day. I guess the thieves thought ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-it%E2%80%99s-going-to-be-all-right-bernanke-is-giving-us-qe3/5399&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension &#8211; Corporations Seek to Enslave Us</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-corporations-seek-to-enslave-us/5386" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-12:/commentary/11088749</id>
    <updated>2011-07-12T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 For those of you still locked in the conception that the corporations are really our friends and that we just need to give them more money and less regulation and they will create jobs for us, well here you go, straight from the horse&amp;#39;s mouth. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-corporations-seek-to-enslave-us/5386&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension The Un-Attorned Truth</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-the-un-attorned-truth/5336" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-10:/commentary/11076560</id>
    <updated>2011-07-10T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 There are at present over a million practicing attorneys in the United States. These creatures represent the true leaches on the butt of society. The fact is our founding fathers gave us a system of law contained in our Bill of Rights that, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-the-un-attorned-truth/5336&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Extension &#8211; Obama has a Solution for the Unemployment Problem</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-extension-obama-has-a-solution-for-the-unemployment-problem/5309" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-07:/commentary/11069366</id>
    <updated>2011-07-07T01:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 Well Obama has decided to go after the thieves, you know, those people who are stealing us blind, the unemployed. What, you thought he was going after his corporate elite masters who have stolen $28 trillion from we the people? Not a chance. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-extension-obama-has-a-solution-for-the-unemployment-problem/5309&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension Supporters, Happy Independence Day?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-supporters-happy-independence-day/5288" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-04:/commentary/11056715</id>
    <updated>2011-07-04T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 July 4 th , 1776, the Colonies declare their independence from the British Crown. The fact is many Americans had already died by July 4 th , 1776 as the war between the colonists and the crown had been underway for over a year. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-supporters-happy-independence-day/5288&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension -All True Americans Returning to the Fold</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-all-true-americans-returning-to-the-fold/5279" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-03:/commentary/11054441</id>
    <updated>2011-07-03T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
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 Two hundred and thirty-six years ago today, George Washington was commissioned by Congress as the Commanding General of the Continental Army, which had already been engaged in hostilities since April 19 th of that year. I guess this is where Congress ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-all-true-americans-returning-to-the-fold/5279&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension &#8211; 428000 New Unemployed</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-%E2%80%93-428000-new-unemployed/5254" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-01:/commentary/11040848</id>
    <updated>2011-07-01T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 Another week another 428000 out of work and the propagandists were belittling the situation from the moment the words came out of their mouths, saying, &#8220;The stock market&amp;#39;s rallying. The Chicago PMI is up from 56.6 to 61.1.&#8221; In talking about the st&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-%E2%80%93-428000-new-unemployed/5254&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension &#8211; Obama Cares&#8230;&#8230;.Not!</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-obama-cares%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-not/5246" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-30:/commentary/11038468</id>
    <updated>2011-06-30T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Our illustrious leader, Barack Hussein Obama AKA Barry Soetoro AKA Barry the Rat AKA Slick Tongue Slingin&amp;#39; Dung, put on an exclusive performance before a group of select propaganda agents yesterday. Or as they put it, he held a press conference. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-obama-cares%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6-not/5246&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension -Up is Down, Down is Up, There Are or Are ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-up-is-down-down-is-up-there-are-or-are-not-jobs/5201" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-28:/commentary/11031612</id>
    <updated>2011-06-28T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 In the face of an eleventh week of first time unemployment filings of over 400000, not one damn thing is being considered by our Congress, Senate, nor President to address the issue. Instead the propaganda machine is flooding the airwaves with lies ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-up-is-down-down-is-up-there-are-or-are-not-jobs/5201&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99er HR 589 Unemployment Extension Class Division</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99er-hr-589-unemployment-extension-class-division/5184" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-27:/commentary/11027869</id>
    <updated>2011-06-27T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 Today I&amp;#39;m going to address the 99ers exclusively. Many among us are wondering why there is not a stronger propensity toward aggressive action among our people. Well, to get to the root of this question there must be a clearer understanding of who ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99er-hr-589-unemployment-extension-class-division/5184&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Seeking HR 589 Unemployment Extension It Would Seem they Found us Some Jobs</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-hr-589-unemployment-extension-it-would-seem-they-found-us-some-jobs/5178" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-26:/commentary/11023964</id>
    <updated>2011-06-26T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The job situation is getting better. The job situation is getting worse. The job situation is staying about the same. It is hard to know what to believe anymore or at least it was until I heard a brand new idea for Medicaid reform. Check this out. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-hr-589-unemployment-extension-it-would-seem-they-found-us-some-jobs/5178&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension &#8211; Finally Some Good News for the 99ers</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-finally-some-good-news-for-the-99ers/5162" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-25:/commentary/11023726</id>
    <updated>2011-06-25T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 It has been a long time coming but there is finally some good news for the 99ers. The downsizing of our jobs and the liquidation of our property has created a record number of millionaires in our country; some 3 million. These people, and the filthy ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-finally-some-good-news-for-the-99ers/5162&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers, HR 589 Unemployment Extension &#8211; We Want More Than the Illusion of Jobs ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-we-want-more-than-the-illusion-of-jobs-and-prosperity/5143" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-24:/commentary/11022830</id>
    <updated>2011-06-24T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Well the actors pretending to be our representatives have come forth through their propagandists mouthpieces and declared that, &#8220;Gee golly, things are worse than we thought. Come to find out things have actually been getting worse over the past year ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-we-want-more-than-the-illusion-of-jobs-and-prosperity/5143&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension &#8211; It&amp;#39;s Not Deprivation, It&amp;#39;s Just Politics</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-it%E2%80%99s-not-deprivation-it%E2%80%99s-just-politics/5118" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-23:/commentary/11021456</id>
    <updated>2011-06-23T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 All Americans were glued to their TVs as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took to the stage for his second press conference. And what did old Ben have to say? Well, he said that our debt is now about 100% of our gross domestic product, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-it%E2%80%99s-not-deprivation-it%E2%80%99s-just-politics/5118&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers, Henry Addresses the Issue of HR 589/Tier 5 Unemployment Extension</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-henry-addresses-the-issue-of-hr-589tier-5-unemployment-extension/5062" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-21:/commentary/11014976</id>
    <updated>2011-06-21T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 I have been receiving emails a late attacking me for not focusing my attention on HR 589 and/or a Tier 5 unemployment extension. These 99ers have said everything from that I am an elitist to I do not care because I got an unemployment extension for ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-henry-addresses-the-issue-of-hr-589tier-5-unemployment-extension/5062&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extensions &#8211; The Jobless Recovery Continues</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extensions-%E2%80%93-the-jobless-recovery-continues/5044" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-20:/commentary/11010948</id>
    <updated>2011-06-20T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Buzz words and campaign slogans seem to be the order of the day. Some 99ers have been out of work for almost three years. Most if not all have lost their homes, their cars, their bank accounts, and pensions. Home foreclosures are slowing down but not ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extensions-%E2%80%93-the-jobless-recovery-continues/5044&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers Seeking HR 589 Unemployment Extension, Maybe We Can Get a Job Doing a ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-hr-589-unemployment-extension-maybe-we-can-get-a-job-doing-a-commercial/5021" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-19:/commentary/11009503</id>
    <updated>2011-06-19T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 It has been 165 days since the 112 th Congress convened. Coming up on the 2010 Midterms every candidate was saying how they were going to get us jobs. Not one piece of legislation has been passed with that end as its goal. Tens of thousands more 99ers ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-hr-589-unemployment-extension-maybe-we-can-get-a-job-doing-a-commercial/5021&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Unemployment Extension Neo-Cons Excreting Self-Serving Lies</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-neo-cons-excreting-self-serving-lies/4996" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-18:/commentary/11006889</id>
    <updated>2011-06-18T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 There has developed a new angle to the propaganda being put forth by the neo-cons who make up 20% of the top 10%. They are now saying that if we support Ron Paul we are in reality seeking to split the Republidumb vote in order to reelect Barry. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-unemployment-extension-neo-cons-excreting-self-serving-lies/4996&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers Unemployment Extension HR 589 &#8211; Ron Paul Cannot Be Stopped</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-unemployment-extension-hr-589-ron-paul-cannot-be-stopped/4978" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-17:/commentary/11006579</id>
    <updated>2011-06-17T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The question has been raised as to how we know Ron Paul will not betray us once we elect him president. Well we certainly have every reason not to trust any politician and I cannot say for an absolute fact that Paul will not betray us. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-unemployment-extension-hr-589-ron-paul-cannot-be-stopped/4978&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Seeking HR 589 Unemployment Extension Tell the Mainstream Media to Shove ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-hr-589-unemployment-extension-tell-the-mainstream-media-to-shove-their-sales-pitch/4955" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-16:/commentary/11002012</id>
    <updated>2011-06-16T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 In talking with one another we have come to a consensus that says we want Ron Paul as our president, we want our Republic back, and we want our Republic to be run through our Constitution as our forefathers intended. In hearing us voice our desires, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-hr-589-unemployment-extension-tell-the-mainstream-media-to-shove-their-sales-pitch/4955&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Seeking Unemployment Extension HR 589 -The Recession&amp;#39;s Over Again&#8230;Until ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-unemployment-extension-hr-589-the-recession%E2%80%99s-over-again%E2%80%A6until-thursday/4933" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-15:/commentary/10997127</id>
    <updated>2011-06-15T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The stock market is back over 12000. The decline, recession, depression, and hard times are over. That is at least until Thursday when the new weekly jobless claims come out. This whole scenario is becoming quite laughable. Last week the filthy rich ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-unemployment-extension-hr-589-the-recession%E2%80%99s-over-again%E2%80%A6until-thursday/4933&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Seeking Unemployment Extension HR 589 Obama has found a Solution to the ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-unemployment-extension-hr-589-obama-has-found-a-solution-to-the-jobs-problem/4914" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-14:/commentary/10996460</id>
    <updated>2011-06-14T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barack Obama AKA Barry Soetoro AKA Barry the Rat, speaking in North Carolina yesterday revealed his plans for job creation, which was formulated by a bunch of his corporate thief Mafioso buddies. It was so simple; I don&amp;#39;t know why I didn&amp;#39;t see it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-unemployment-extension-hr-589-obama-has-found-a-solution-to-the-jobs-problem/4914&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers, HR 589 Supporters, Henry Gets another Unemployment Extension</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-henry-gets-another-unemployment-extension/4907" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-13:/commentary/10992344</id>
    <updated>2011-06-13T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 After coming to the conclusion that not only has our economy not been getting better, but is indeed getting worse, I was at an impasse as to what action I should take. I knew I was going to change directions, but on which path would I find any hope for ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-henry-gets-another-unemployment-extension/4907&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers Seeking Unemployment Extension, HR 589 Supporters, Americans, Exile the ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-unemployment-extension-hr-589-supporters-americans-exile-the-corporate-elite-into-the-one-world-order/4895" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-12:/commentary/10990726</id>
    <updated>2011-06-12T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Well the tide is turning against the neo-cons, though they did have a hell of a run at it, especially having lost the presidency, the House, and Senate in 2008. Give the devil his due as they used the backlash against the Democans to catapult ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-unemployment-extension-hr-589-supporters-americans-exile-the-corporate-elite-into-the-one-world-order/4895&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers Seeking Unemployment Extensions HR 589 Supporters Our Enemies are in ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-unemployment-extensions-hr-589-supporters-our-enemies-are-in-switzerland-at-the-bilderberg-meeting/4885" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-11:/commentary/10986717</id>
    <updated>2011-06-11T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 As Lady Liberty drops to her knees with the international corporate mafia&amp;#39;s dagger in her back, the elites are gathering in Switzerland to plan the coup de gras at the Bilderberg meeting. So I wonder what new schemes they are cooking up. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-seeking-unemployment-extensions-hr-589-supporters-our-enemies-are-in-switzerland-at-the-bilderberg-meeting/4885&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters, Henry Addresses the 99ers Regarding an Unemployment ...</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-henry-addresses-the-99ers-regarding-an-unemployment-extension/4859" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-10:/commentary/10986388</id>
    <updated>2011-06-10T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 Foreclosures in the US continue on at a record rate. Home equity is at its lowest point since 1947. Weekly new jobless claims came in at 427000. A record deficit. A record debt. A country in the deepest depression it has experienced since its inception ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-henry-addresses-the-99ers-regarding-an-unemployment-extension/4859&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Research Service issues report on UI legislation now before Congress</title>
    <link href="http://hr.cch.com/news/uiss/060911a.asp" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-09:/commentary/10981851</id>
    <updated>2011-06-09T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CCH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 ... specifically, HR 1745 (the JOBS Act of 2011), S. 386 (similar to the President&amp;#39;s budget proposal), HR 650 (extends interest accrual on federal loans to states through 2012), HR 589 (creates additional federal benefits), HR 1663 (creates temporary &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hr.cch.com/news/uiss/060911a.asp&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters &#8211; Slaves Have a Job</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-slaves-have-a-job/4838" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-08:/commentary/10981821</id>
    <updated>2011-06-08T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 It has only taken five days for the neo-cons to take the reality of the deplorable condition of jobs in the United States, and the fact that the problem only continues to grow worse because of the wanton neglect of our so called representatives to ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-slaves-have-a-job/4838&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters &#8211; What If</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-%E2%80%93-what-if/4814" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-07:/commentary/10976874</id>
    <updated>2011-06-07T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The very same economists who were hyping the lie of a recovery are now saying that the unemployment rate is going to stay about the same at 9% through 2012. 99ers, bear in mind that as hundreds of thousands more join our ranks they will cease to be ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-%E2%80%93-what-if/4814&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Pres. Obama chief economic advisor Austan Goolsbee resigns, for 99ers he ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2011/06/pres-obama-chief-economic-advisor.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-06:/commentary/10976597</id>
    <updated>2011-06-06T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Reach Out Job Search (blog)</name>
    </author>
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 Especially since, the past year, Gooslbee being President Obama top advisor on economic issues, didn&amp;#39;t mention or wholeheartedly support either of the 99ers extension bills, HR-589 in 2011 or S-3706 in 2010, be enacted for this group. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2011/06/pres-obama-chief-economic-advisor.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters &#8211; The Banksters Want More</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-the-banksters-want-more/4791" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-06:/commentary/10972039</id>
    <updated>2011-06-06T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 It is being reported that if the United States Congress does not raise our debt limit, Moody&amp;#39;s is going to drop our credit rating. So just what or who is Moody&amp;#39;s? Well I will tell you. Moody&amp;#39;s Corporation is the parent company of Moody&amp;#39;s I&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-the-banksters-want-more/4791&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Unemployment Rate Raises to 9.1% &#8211; Barbara Lee Step Up and Push HR 589 for 99ers</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/unemployment-rate-raises-to-9-1-barbara-lee-step-up-and-push-hr-589-for-99ers/4727" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-03:/commentary/10969172</id>
    <updated>2011-06-03T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 No excuse can be offered at this point in the ball game for this treasonous government not passing HR 589 and in reality a Tier 5 extension for at least a year, as they are saying it will be at least a year before any real recovery can be expected. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/unemployment-rate-raises-to-9-1-barbara-lee-step-up-and-push-hr-589-for-99ers/4727&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters &#8211; All 99ers Must Die for Jobs</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-all-99ers-must-die-for-jobs/4718" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-03:/commentary/10969171</id>
    <updated>2011-06-03T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 422000 new filings for unemployment this week and how is this devastation reported? &#8220;Great news, new filings were down 2000 from the week before. &#8220; I guess that is kind of like, &#8220;Great news, your hand got cut off instead of your arm. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-all-99ers-must-die-for-jobs/4718&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Where is Our Wealth?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-where-is-our-wealth/4550" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-01:/commentary/10963070</id>
    <updated>2011-06-01T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The stock market has been rising on news that Greece will be receiving another bailout. So why does that make our stock market rise? It is because the phony dollar is losing value. It is that thing we call inflation. If you are a 99er or among the ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-where-is-our-wealth/4550&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters &#8211; We have Lifted the Rock and the Vermin are Scurrying</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-we-have-lifted-the-rock-and-the-vermin-are-scurrying/4534" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-31:/commentary/10956215</id>
    <updated>2011-05-31T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 There have been a lot of pieces in the mainstream propaganda trying to portray businesses as doing well in the United States and the truth is businesses are doing great. The problem is the people are not. The record profits being seen by big business ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-we-have-lifted-the-rock-and-the-vermin-are-scurrying/4534&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Obama on the Campaign Trail</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-obama-on-the-campaign-trail/4486" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-29:/commentary/10949132</id>
    <updated>2011-05-29T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 President Obama was pounding his reelection message out on the campaign trail in Poland. The only thing I can figure is that he intends to sign an executive order authorizing every citizen of every nation, except the United States and our citizens, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-obama-on-the-campaign-trail/4486&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Why do the Haves Have and the Have Nots Not</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-why-do-the-haves-have-and-the-have-nots-not/4444" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-28:/commentary/10935772</id>
    <updated>2011-05-28T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The gap between the rich and poor continues to grow daily. Some try to purport that the widening gap represents a natural consequence of those who are better educated and motivated naturally rising above the rest, which keeps alive the delusion that ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-why-do-the-haves-have-and-the-have-nots-not/4444&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters Barry Soetoro Surrenders the Republic</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-barry-soetoro-surrenders-the-republic/4379" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-26:/commentary/10929244</id>
    <updated>2011-05-26T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barry Soetoro became the first president of the United States to chair the UN Security Council in violation of Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution &#8220;No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-barry-soetoro-surrenders-the-republic/4379&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The 99ers Are The Elephant In The Recovery Room That No One Wants To Address</title>
    <link href="http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/99ers-are-elephant-recovery-room-no-o" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-24:/commentary/10905442</id>
    <updated>2011-05-24T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Crooks and Liars</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...part of the growing ranks of food stamp recipients, personal bankruptcies, foreclosures and healthcare uninsured. [...] H.R. 589 is legislation designed to help the long-term unemployed by extending Tier 1 unemployment benefits 14 weeks. Those 14 weeks &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/99ers-are-elephant-recovery-room-no-o&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Unemployment: The &amp;quot;99ers&amp;quot;</title>
    <link href="http://blackstarnews.com/news/123/ARTICLE/7387/2011-05-23.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-23:/commentary/10905438</id>
    <updated>2011-05-23T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Black Star News</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 But instead of supporting Representative Barbara Lee&amp;#39;s HR 589, which would extend unemployment benefits another 14 weeks for those facing a final cut-off, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp has introduced legislation that would allow ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blackstarnews.com/news/123/ARTICLE/7387/2011-05-23.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters &#8211; States Rejecting Federal Unemployment Monies</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-states-rejecting-federal-unemployment-monies/4300" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-23:/commentary/10905429</id>
    <updated>2011-05-23T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Many states are rejecting federal monies designated for unemployment benefits. So why would any state refuse? It is the same old game, only at a different level. The socialists in the federal government want to give the money under the condition that ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-states-rejecting-federal-unemployment-monies/4300&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Being Lied to From Every Angle</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-being-lied-to-from-every-angle/4275" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-22:/commentary/10905428</id>
    <updated>2011-05-22T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 One could almost feel sorry for the mainstream propagandists having to tell two different sets of lies, which are in direct opposition to one another, if they were not the lowest form of life on this planet. Do they really think we cannot see what they ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-being-lied-to-from-every-angle/4275&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters and the Rapture</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-and-the-rapture/4247" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-21:/commentary/10905431</id>
    <updated>2011-05-21T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Shit, there goes our last chance for HR 589. But we shouldn&amp;#39;t complain as the Jews are God&amp;#39;s chosen people. Looks like I&amp;#39;m going to be a second class citizen in heaven just like I am down here in hell. If Barry the Rat really is a secret Musli&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-and-the-rapture/4247&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Elephants in the Room of Economic Recovery: 99ers and The Long-term Unemployed</title>
    <link href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/150991/the_elephants_in_the_room_of_economic_recovery%3A_99ers_and_the_long-term_unemployed" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-20:/commentary/10905441</id>
    <updated>2011-05-20T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AlterNet</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee&amp;#39;s HR 589, that would help millions of long-term unemployed, the 99ers, who have exhausted all unemployment benefits. While most of the blame can be placed at the door of the GOP controlled House, the Democratic controlled Senate and Obama &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alternet.org/economy/150991/the_elephants_in_the_room_of_economic_recovery%3A_99ers_and_the_long-term_unemployed&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters &#8211; Obama Speaks Out for His People</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-obama-speaks-out-for-his-people/4219" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-20:/commentary/10905430</id>
    <updated>2011-05-20T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The nation sat in awe as that two bit murdering whore, Hilary the Hut Clinton, stepped up to the podium and puked socialism on the mic, ending her statement with &#8220;Blah, and here&amp;#39;s our President, Barack Obama.&#8221; Our illustrious president, Barack Hus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-obama-speaks-out-for-his-people/4219&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Let&amp;#39;s Not Forget The 99ers (VIDEO)</title>
    <link href="http://progressillinois.com/posts/content/2011/05/19/lets-not-forget-99ers" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-19:/commentary/10905440</id>
    <updated>2011-05-19T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Progress Illinois</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 HR 589 the fight goes on for its passage as a Amendment to the bills forthcoming out of Congress. KEEP the FAITH!!! Everybody go sign this petition, you have to sign-up but it&amp;#39;s easy and worth it. If we are lucky, mom and hideinseek (JT) won&amp;#39;t fin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://progressillinois.com/posts/content/2011/05/19/lets-not-forget-99ers&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers &#8211; Gold Royalties to Pay for HR 589?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-gold-royalties-to-pay-for-hr-589/4177" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-19:/commentary/10905432</id>
    <updated>2011-05-19T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 We have looked at the issue of the raping of our natural resources in the United States and the fact that once upon a time these resources were the sole property of the people. FOX Business reported on this subject in reference to precious metals being ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-gold-royalties-to-pay-for-hr-589/4177&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters Web Filters &#8211; To What Lengths Will They Go To Stop Us?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-web-filters-to-what-lengths-will-they-go-to-stop-us/4136" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-18:/commentary/10929245</id>
    <updated>2011-05-18T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Many 99ers have and are wondering why there seems to be two kinds of people in this country; that is those who know who we are and those who do not. Say hello to the internet filters, or censorship by any other name. The internet search engines have ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-web-filters-to-what-lengths-will-they-go-to-stop-us/4136&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>New bill could cut unemployment benefits</title>
    <link href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/unemployment-300736-federal-benefits.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-17:/commentary/10905439</id>
    <updated>2011-05-17T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OCRegister</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Their bill, HR 589, has been in the Ways and Means Committee since February. &#8220;Chairman Camp&amp;#39;s bill to gut unemployment benefits for millions of jobless workers is just the latest Republican salvo in their war on our nation&amp;#39;s unemployed,&amp;quot; sh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ocregister.com/articles/unemployment-300736-federal-benefits.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room</title>
    <link href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-thornton/99ers-unemployment_b_862179.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-15:/commentary/10905437</id>
    <updated>2011-05-15T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Huffington Post</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee&amp;#39;s HR 589, that would help millions of long-term unemployed, the 99ers, who have exhausted all unemployment benefits. While most of the blame can be placed at the door of the GOP controlled House, the Democratic controlled Senate and Obama &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-thornton/99ers-unemployment_b_862179.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Need Cheap Gas</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-need-cheap-gas/4020" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-14:/commentary/10905433</id>
    <updated>2011-05-14T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 It is unbelievable listening to the propagandists on television trying to justify $50 billion in subsidies to the big oil companies. The oil executives themselves assert that the billions of dollars in record profits they are making are well deserved, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-need-cheap-gas/4020&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers, Barbara Lee&amp;#39;s and Bobby Scott&amp;#39;s Press Release Concerning HR 589</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-barbara-lees-and-bobby-scotts-press-release-concerning-hr-589/3927" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-10:/commentary/10905434</id>
    <updated>2011-05-10T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Representatives Lee and Scott have requested that Chairman Camp support their bill, HR 589, to extend aid for unemployed workers who have exhausted their benefits. HR 589 currently has 80 co-sponsors in the House. &#8220;&amp;#39;Instead of acting on our bill to &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-barbara-lees-and-bobby-scotts-press-release-concerning-hr-589/3927&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers, HR 589 Supporters, Poor, and Middle Class &#8211; Jobs for Food</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-poor-and-middle-class-jobs-for-food/3877" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-09:/commentary/10905435</id>
    <updated>2011-05-09T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 &#8220;If you are going to say, we&amp;#39;re not going to cut entitlements, you are saying we are going to go bankrupt.&#8221; Or so says the filthy rich Ben Stein. Certainly this man does not have an agenda. Stein went on to say, &#8220;It is going to be hard cheese on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-poor-and-middle-class-jobs-for-food/3877&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters &#8211; Diversion and Subversion</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-%E2%80%93-diversion-and-subversion/3802" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-06:/commentary/10905436</id>
    <updated>2011-05-06T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 There were 474000 new jobless claims this week. When the weekly number dropped to 375000, they dropped the unemployment rate. I guess now that it jumped to 474000 they will kick it back up to 10.5%. I heard one commentator saying that he thought the ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-%E2%80%93-diversion-and-subversion/3802&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Experts again surprised at the surge in weekly U.I. claims; HR589 update</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/experts-again-surprised-at-the-surge-weekly-u-i-claims-hr589-update" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-05:/commentary/10862068</id>
    <updated>2011-05-05T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Sadly, in his post titled, &amp;#39;HR 589 discussed, but no timetable for action. It&amp;#39;s a matter of life and death&amp;#39;, Mike also wrote about another 99ers suiciide attempt. Fortunately, the attempt to take his own life was not successful, but the realit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/experts-again-surprised-at-the-surge-weekly-u-i-claims-hr589-update&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Have You Heard the News?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-have-you-heard-the-news/3766" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-05:/commentary/10862067</id>
    <updated>2011-05-05T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Well I guess most important to the 99ers would be what our self imposed champion, Barbara Lee, is doing to push HR 589 before the House. Let&amp;#39;s see, well actually she is not doing anything for the 99ers. She wrote President Obama a letter calling for a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-have-you-heard-the-news/3766&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>H.R. 589 discussed, but no timetable for action. It&amp;#39;s a matter of life and death</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/h-r-589-discussed-but-no-timetable-for-action-it-s-a-matter-of-life-and-death" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-04:/commentary/10859914</id>
    <updated>2011-05-04T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee (D-CA) and legislative leaders about moving forward on HR 589, all those efforts have yet to produce any concrete plans about how the legislation can move toward passage. Facebook 99erAID member, Rochelle Sevier, sent an HR 589 update after ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/h-r-589-discussed-but-no-timetable-for-action-it-s-a-matter-of-life-and-death&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters Henry Loses Two Weeks of His Unemployment Extension</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-henry-loses-two-weeks-of-his-unemployment-extension/3738" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-04:/commentary/10856184</id>
    <updated>2011-05-04T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 As I announced in an earlier article I received a six week unemployment extension from the State of Oregon. Now it is looking like it is only going to be a four week extension, as 22000 people filed and there is not sufficient money for a full six ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-henry-loses-two-weeks-of-his-unemployment-extension/3738&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Invitation to Cover: First Friday Vigil for Jobs</title>
    <link href="http://readme.readmedia.com/Invitation-to-Cover-First-Friday-Vigil-for-Jobs/2288001" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-03:/commentary/10849868</id>
    <updated>2011-05-03T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ReadMedia (press release)</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Additional demands of the Vigil are that Congress act immediately to extend benefits for long-term unemployed individuals who have been jobless for longer than 93-99 weeks (HR 589) and to continue financial assistance to state and local governments to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://readme.readmedia.com/Invitation-to-Cover-First-Friday-Vigil-for-Jobs/2288001&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers, No HR 589 as a Result of Bin Laden&amp;#39;s Death</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-no-hr-589-as-a-result-of-bin-laden%E2%80%99s-death/3702" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-03:/commentary/10849867</id>
    <updated>2011-05-03T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Well 99ers, Congress reconvened yesterday, not that anyone noticed as every mainstream broadcast was inundated with &#8220;Bin Laden is dead.&#8221; I don&amp;#39;t really see what the big deal is, everyone out there does realize that this is the ninth time he has be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-no-hr-589-as-a-result-of-bin-laden%E2%80%99s-death/3702&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Congress Back in Session Where is Barbara Lee</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-congress-back-in-session-where-is-barbara-lee/3664" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-02:/commentary/10806491</id>
    <updated>2011-05-02T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Well Congress will be reconvening today and I&amp;#39;m sure HR 589 and the 99ers will be the furthest things from their minds. The big debate that will overshadow everything else will be the debt ceiling. Of course we have discussed many times how to ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-congress-back-in-session-where-is-barbara-lee/3664&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers, HR 589 Supporters, Poor, and Middle Class &#8211; United We Stand</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-poor-and-middle-class-united-we-stand/3633" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-05-01:/commentary/10806493</id>
    <updated>2011-05-01T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Well the neo-cons are coming at us full force riding on the wave of confusion created by the big birth certificate release and the royal wedding. I am going to make something perfectly clear today. Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, John Boehner, Michelle Bachman, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-poor-and-middle-class-united-we-stand/3633&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters What are the Real Unemployment Numbers?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-what-are-the-real-unemployment-numbers/3618" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-30:/commentary/10806494</id>
    <updated>2011-04-30T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The number of new jobless claims filed for the week was 429000, the highest number since January. There are 8.2 million Americans drawing unemployment benefits. There are 15 million 99ers and probably another 10 million long term unemployed. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-what-are-the-real-unemployment-numbers/3618&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>State long-term unemployed top 402000</title>
    <link href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/week-298365-state-long.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-29:/commentary/10806500</id>
    <updated>2011-04-29T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OCRegister</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Bobby Lee, D-Va., met with House Republican leaders just before the Congressional recess to discuss their bill, HR 589. The legislation would provide 14 additional weeks of benefits to those currently collecting unemployment ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ocregister.com/articles/week-298365-state-long.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Curtsy and Bow</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-curtsy-and-bow/3605" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-29:/commentary/10806492</id>
    <updated>2011-04-29T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 I&amp;#39;m going to let you people in on a closely guarded secret and that is Britain&amp;#39;s Prince William is marrying a commoner, one Kate Middleton, today. If you are not privy to this secret you have to be living under a rock. Since November the mainstrea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-curtsy-and-bow/3605&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is People's Budget</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-benefits-in-detroit/what-is-people-s-budget" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-28:/commentary/10806501</id>
    <updated>2011-04-28T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...that H.R. 589 might get attached to the people's budget. Again this is enormous might, keyword being here is might. If H.R.589 gets attached to the people's budget what exactly is the people's budget? Well according to the official press release from EP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-benefits-in-detroit/what-is-people-s-budget&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Will 99ers Have A Voice In Congress Soon: Will HR 589 Have Credibility</title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/will-99ers-have-a-voice-in-congress-soon-will-hr-589-have-credibility/2221742/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-28:/commentary/10806499</id>
    <updated>2011-04-28T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 HR 589 extends emergency benefits to long-term unemployed workers by providing 14 weeks of emergency unemployment benefits to people who, while actively searching for employment, have exhausted all their benefits yet are still unemployed. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/will-99ers-have-a-voice-in-congress-soon-will-hr-589-have-credibility/2221742/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters, Henry Gets an Unemployment Extension</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-henry-gets-an-unemployment-extension/3583" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-28:/commentary/10806495</id>
    <updated>2011-04-28T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 So what is new with the 99er issue? Well, I just got a whole six week extension from the State of Oregon, thus proving that states can step in and remedy the situation that the federal government refuses to acknowledge. I believe the State of Oregon ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-henry-gets-an-unemployment-extension/3583&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters Can Ron Paul Win?</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-can-ron-paul-win/3530" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-27:/commentary/10806496</id>
    <updated>2011-04-27T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 4 Responses to 99ers HR 589 Supporters Can Ron Paul Win? I&amp;#39;ve been receiving Ron Paul&amp;#39;s newsletter for about 10 years now, and I agree with most of what he says. I was first drawn to him as he was one of the only representatives that openly critic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-can-ron-paul-win/3530&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers, HR 589 Supporters, and Alex Jones</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-and-alex-jones/3521" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-26:/commentary/10806497</id>
    <updated>2011-04-26T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Syndicated radio host Alex Jones of infowars.com and prisonplanet.com has shown his true colors once again. On Jones&amp;#39; broadcast yesterday, when describing those who would join with the government against our Republic, he included the poor and those on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-and-alex-jones/3521&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers and HR 589 Supporters Soldier On</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-soldier-on/3504" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-25:/commentary/10806498</id>
    <updated>2011-04-25T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 I have waited until late to write today&amp;#39;s article in hope that there would be some news of an Easter Project protest somewhere. Well, I guess if nothing else I no longer have to put up with anyone coming on the site and saying &#8220;All you people do is &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-soldier-on/3504&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-president-obama-addresses-the-issue/3419" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-20:/commentary/10793813</id>
    <updated>2011-04-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 As expected Barry Soetoro&amp;#39;s town hall meeting over Facebook was nothing more than a gimmick. The whole session was scripted and rehearsed and could be considered nothing more than a campaign speech. Soetoro made sure to include every issue in the ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-president-obama-addresses-the-issue/3419&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Will H.R. 589 pass?</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-benefits-in-detroit/will-h-r-589-pass" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-19:/commentary/10788705</id>
    <updated>2011-04-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...actively searching for employment, have exhausted all their benefits yet are still unemployed. Introduced in early February, HR 589 has not been considered by the Ways and Means Committee, the Committee with sole jurisdiction over the bill. The House Le&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-benefits-in-detroit/will-h-r-589-pass&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-%E2%80%93-the-big-lie-exposed/3396" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-19:/commentary/10788671</id>
    <updated>2011-04-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Gas is expected to go over $4.00 per gallon by summer and the price of basic necessities will follow suit. And all our government can talk about is the need to cut spending and corporate taxes. It has now been seven months since both the phony left and ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-%E2%80%93-the-big-lie-exposed/3396&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-obama-wants-to-talk-to-you/3369" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-18:/commentary/10783447</id>
    <updated>2011-04-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 So let&amp;#39;s take a look at the farm subsidy programs. For conservation: $4.7 billion. Price supports: $7.1 billion. Crop insurance: $3.7 billion. That is a total of $15.5 billion. That would pay for a 14 week extension for the 99ers. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-obama-wants-to-talk-to-you/3369&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters &#8211; The House Reunited</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-the-house-reunited/3347" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-17:/commentary/10777878</id>
    <updated>2011-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 99ers and HR 589 supporters, will any among you go down in history and be counted among the patriots for accomplishing the Easter Project? Six days and counting. God bless the Republic, death to the international corporate mafia, we shall prevail. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-the-house-reunited/3347&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rep Lee: 'a productive meeting' w/ House Leaders re HR589 today</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/rep-lee-a-productive-meeting-w-house-leaders-re-hr589-today" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-14:/commentary/10758580</id>
    <updated>2011-04-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...with requests for a jobs program, hiring incentives - getting back to work - &#160;and not only about the status &amp; passage of HR589, which is admittedly needed badly by many millions of unemployed&#160;Americans.&#160; Support for Conyers Full-Employment&amp; Job Train&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/rep-lee-a-productive-meeting-w-house-leaders-re-hr589-today&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-here-is-barbara-lees-press-release-for-hr-589/3302" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-13:/commentary/10758597</id>
    <updated>2011-04-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Washington, DC &#8211; Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) continued the fight to pass HR 589, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act. Reps. Lee and Scott met today with Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-here-is-barbara-lees-press-release-for-hr-589/3302&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99er Advocates Meet With Republican Leadership</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenCongressCongressGossipBlog/~3/iQixzUMmzlY/2265-99er-Advocates-Meet-With-Republican-Leadership" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-13:/commentary/10756809</id>
    <updated>2011-04-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpenCongress</name>
    </author>
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...lead advocates in Congress &#8212; managed to sit down with the Republican House leadership this morning to talk about their bill, H.R.589, to extend unemployment benefits for people who have been out of work for two years or longer. Just getting a meeting &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenCongressCongressGossipBlog/~3/iQixzUMmzlY/2265-99er-Advocates-Meet-With-Republican-Leadership&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-%E2%80%93-must-the-show-go-on/3257" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-12:/commentary/10765966</id>
    <updated>2011-04-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Once again Barry Soetoro is being compared to Ronald Regan as he comes forth with a new batch of spending cuts. I guess you could compare the two in that they both represent rich elitist traitors. So without a mention of the 99ers or anybody else ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-%E2%80%93-must-the-show-go-on/3257&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Nearly half of state&amp;#39;s jobless are long-term</title>
    <link href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/state-296079-term-laid.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-12:/commentary/10758599</id>
    <updated>2011-04-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OCRegister</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 HR 589 would add 14 weeks of benefits to the first unemployment extension giving the jobless a total of 113 weeks of aid. Both the 99ers and the currently unemployed would be eligible for the additional benefits. Passage of the extension is considered ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ocregister.com/articles/state-296079-term-laid.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Meeting set Thursday on more jobless aid</title>
    <link href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/additional-296268-camp-meeting.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-12:/commentary/10758598</id>
    <updated>2011-04-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OCRegister</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Lee&amp;#39;s bill, HR 589, would add 14 weeks of benefits to the first tier of extended unemployment bringing the maximum aid to 113 weeks. Want the latest on OC jobs? Text OCRJOBS to 56654 to get free OC job news alerts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ocregister.com/articles/additional-296268-camp-meeting.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Lee&amp;#39;s office: meeting on HR 589 99er unemployment extension still on</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/lee-s-office-meeting-on-hr-589-99er-unemployment-extension-still-on" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-07:/commentary/10731171</id>
    <updated>2011-04-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Congresswoman Barbara Lee is still &amp;quot;optimistic&amp;quot; about rescheduling the cancelled meeting with House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor to discuss HR 589, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2011, Lee&amp;#39;s Communicat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/lee-s-office-meeting-on-hr-589-99er-unemployment-extension-still-on&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Long-term jobless aid meeting delayed</title>
    <link href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/jobs-295463-unemployed-unemployment.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-07:/commentary/10856185</id>
    <updated>2011-04-07T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OCRegister</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Bobby Lee, D-Va., introduced HR 589, which would add 14 weeks of unemployment to the first tier of extended benefits for a total of 113 weeks of aid. All long-term unemployed would be eligible including the so-called 99ers, who have exhausted their ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ocregister.com/articles/jobs-295463-unemployed-unemployment.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-lee-and-boehner-to-meet-pray-for-the-extension-and-prepare-for-the-easter-project/3189" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-06:/commentary/10727460</id>
    <updated>2011-04-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Reach Out Job Search (blog)</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Initially, HR-589 received no initial support from Republicans because it would add up to $16 billion to the federal budget deficit. To work with Speaker Boehner demands, Representatives Lee and Scott later announced they would be open to finding ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-lee-and-boehner-to-meet-pray-for-the-extension-and-prepare-for-the-easter-project/3189&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.favstocks.com/cbc-leader-says-cost-of-99ers-bill-is-prohibitive/0541863/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-04:/commentary/10719674</id>
    <updated>2011-04-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>FavStocks</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 In an exchange during their meeting last Wednesday with the President, CBC Chair Emanuel Cleaver called the cost of the 99ers bill (HR 589 sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee of California) &#8220;prohibitive.&#8221; In Rep. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.favstocks.com/cbc-leader-says-cost-of-99ers-bill-is-prohibitive/0541863/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.mlive.com/jobs/index.ssf/2011/04/gop_leaders_to_meet_with_house_democrats.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-04:/commentary/10718158</id>
    <updated>2011-04-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The lawmakers will be discussing, HR 589, which would add 14 weeks of benefits to the first tier of federal extended benefits. The extension would apply to 99ers &#8212; those who have exhausted all available unemployment benefits and have yet to find a job .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mlive.com/jobs/index.ssf/2011/04/gop_leaders_to_meet_with_house_democrats.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-call-in-a-navy-seal/3160" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-04:/commentary/10718157</id>
    <updated>2011-04-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Well, Obama has announced his candidacy for reelection in 2012. It is reported that he will be the first candidate to raise one billion dollars for a presidential campaign. I was so disheartened when I heard these reports as they seemed to be saying ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-call-in-a-navy-seal/3160&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-ignore-it-and-it-will-go-away/3151" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-03:/commentary/10713430</id>
    <updated>2011-04-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 CBS Sunday Morning did a piece outlining the age discrimination in reference to the long term unemployed, which has become predominant throughout the United States. The piece was indeed an affirmation of what we 99ers already know and that is that the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-and-hr-589-supporters-ignore-it-and-it-will-go-away/3151&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/as-the-economy-slowly-recovers-are-the-99ers-a-lost-cause/2216183/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-01:/commentary/10703242</id>
    <updated>2011-04-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Support for such legislation could be lawmakers&amp;#39; ticket to winning over this valuable constituency. Reps. Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott have taken a stab at it, introducing a bill to add 14 weeks of unemployment benefits. HR 589 has 74 co-sponsors, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/as-the-economy-slowly-recovers-are-the-99ers-a-lost-cause/2216183/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-up-rate-drops-to-8-8-this-is-not-an-attack-this-is-not-an-attack/3117" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-04-01:/commentary/10703211</id>
    <updated>2011-04-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 216000 jobs were added to the economy and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.8%. This is a lie and I&amp;#39;ll tell you why. If an American based business adds 232000 jobs in other countries it is calculated as jobs added to our economy. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-up-rate-drops-to-8-8-this-is-not-an-attack-this-is-not-an-attack/3117&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jobless rate dips; groups fight for HR 589 99er unemployment extension</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/jobless-rate-dips-groups-fight-for-hr-589-99er-unemployment-extension" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-31:/commentary/10701156</id>
    <updated>2011-03-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Unemployment advocates continued their efforts today to convince Congress to pass HR 589, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2011, which would provide an additional 14 weeks of benefits to the 99ers -- those who have exhausted all available ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/jobless-rate-dips-groups-fight-for-hr-589-99er-unemployment-extension&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>STAN HARPER: Extending jobless benefits only perpetuates problem</title>
    <link href="http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/community/x233129753/STAN-HARPER-Extending-jobless-benefits-only-perpetuates-problem" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-30:/commentary/10693628</id>
    <updated>2011-03-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bakersfield Californian</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, is requesting a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss funding for her bill, HR 589; seems she that feels that the unemployed need more than 99 weeks to find employment. She wants to extend unemployment benefits by 14 ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/community/x233129753/STAN-HARPER-Extending-jobless-benefits-only-perpetuates-problem&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Tirelessly Advocate For Long Term Unemployment Rights</title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/99ers-tirelessly-advocate-for-long-term-unemployment-rights/2215189/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-29:/commentary/10693630</id>
    <updated>2011-03-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Support for such legislation could be lawmakers&amp;#39; ticket to winning over this valuable constituency. Reps. Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott have taken a stab at it, introducing a bill to add 14 weeks of unemployment benefits. HR 589 has 74 co-sponsors, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/99ers-tirelessly-advocate-for-long-term-unemployment-rights/2215189/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Supporters of HR 589 &#8211; The Time is Now</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-the-time-is-now/3090" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-29:/commentary/10693627</id>
    <updated>2011-03-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barak Obama is indeed a man of the people. Sometimes you can actually feel his sincerity when he is speaking of the people. I believe him when he says it is his deepest wish that the people know justice and freedom and that the people have a right to ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-the-time-is-now/3090&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Invitation to Cover: First Friday Vigil for Jobs</title>
    <link href="http://readme.readmedia.com/Invitation-to-Cover-First-Friday-Vigil-for-Jobs/2242228" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-28:/commentary/10688085</id>
    <updated>2011-03-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ReadMedia (press release)</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Additional demands of the Vigil are that Congress act immediately to extend benefits for long-term unemployed individuals who have been jobless for longer than 93-99 weeks (HR 589) and to continue financial assistance to state and local governments to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://readme.readmedia.com/Invitation-to-Cover-First-Friday-Vigil-for-Jobs/2242228&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Farmers, Students Advocate for Farm-to-School Programs</title>
    <link href="http://www.theweekly.com/news/2011/March/29/healthy_food.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-28:/commentary/10688083</id>
    <updated>2011-03-28T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Duluth Weekly</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Stephanie Stuckey Benfield (D-85) co-sponsored HR 589, which recognizes March 30 as Farm to School Day and commends farm to school programs. &amp;quot;Healthy food makes for healthy children, and we&amp;#39;re empowering local farmers to do their part,&amp;quot; said&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theweekly.com/news/2011/March/29/healthy_food.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>No More Extensions of Unemployment Benefits</title>
    <link href="http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/03/28/no-more-extensions-of-unemployment-benefits/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-27:/commentary/10705774</id>
    <updated>2011-03-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>RedState</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 John Boehner and Eric Cantor have agreed to meet with Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) to discuss HR 589, the &#8220;Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011&#8243;. This bill would extend unemployment benefits another 14 weeks even for &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/03/28/no-more-extensions-of-unemployment-benefits/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-03-29-indiana-democrats-return_N.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-27:/commentary/10693629</id>
    <updated>2011-03-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 HR 589 has 74 co-sponsors, all Democrats. House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor Arthur Delaney, who covers the unemployed story diligently at Huffington Post, reported Tuesday, March 22, that Republican House leaders had agreed to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-03-29-indiana-democrats-return_N.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Colorado tax form errors, Unemployed push to support HR589</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/hr589n-cdle1099-g" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-27:/commentary/10683900</id>
    <updated>2011-03-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Lee &amp;amp; Scott to discuss HR-589, the Emregency UnemploymentCompensation Act of 2011. The bill,. which was referred to the House Ways &amp;amp; Means Committee on February 9, where it is still sitting, would provide an additional 14 weeks of EUC benefits to &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/hr589n-cdle1099-g&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/99ers-fight-back-we-want-jobs/2214894/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-26:/commentary/10688084</id>
    <updated>2011-03-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Any chance of HR 589 passing is going to take a concerted effort by 99ers and their advocates to show the naysayers that they are wrong. 99ers are not all trying to skip out of jobs to collect unemployment ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/99ers-fight-back-we-want-jobs/2214894/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/most-99ers-are-over-the-age-of-50-is-this-age-discrimination/2214306/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-26:/commentary/10680668</id>
    <updated>2011-03-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Any chance of HR 589 passing is going to take a concerted effort by 99ers and their advocates to show the naysayers that they are wrong. 99ers are not all trying to skip out of jobs to collect unemployment ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/most-99ers-are-over-the-age-of-50-is-this-age-discrimination/2214306/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress and the media battle over the merits of H.R. 589 for 99ers</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/congress-and-the-media-battle-over-the-merits-of-h-r-589-for-99ers" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-25:/commentary/10677816</id>
    <updated>2011-03-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 For those who have exhausted all available unemployment benefits &#8211; often called 99ers &#8211; the importance of a quick passage of HR 589 cannot be overstated. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced HR 589 a couple months ago and is still seeking Republican ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/congress-and-the-media-battle-over-the-merits-of-h-r-589-for-99ers&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Technical fix to Michigan jobless benefits passed by Senate; state payments ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2011/03/technical-fix-to-michigan-jobless.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-22:/commentary/10667055</id>
    <updated>2011-03-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Reach Out Job Search (blog)</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 It is unsure at this time how Michigan&amp;#39;s unemployed would be impacted by the reduction initial state based unemployment insurance weeks with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) HR-589 bill, to extend 14 weeks to the Tier I federa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2011/03/technical-fix-to-michigan-jobless.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters It&amp;#39;s Time to Pull out all the Stops</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-it%E2%80%99s-time-to-pull-out-all-the-stops/2974" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-22:/commentary/10663459</id>
    <updated>2011-03-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barry the Rat was in El Salvador yesterday touching base with the mafia dons who control that area as we 99ers suffered through another day in hell. Concerns about the constitutionality of the Libyan invasion were dismissed by the Obama administration, ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-it%E2%80%99s-time-to-pull-out-all-the-stops/2974&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Should Taxpayers Be Responsible For Extending Benefits For 99ers</title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/should-taxpayers-be-responsible-for-extending-benefits-for-99ers/2213183/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-21:/commentary/10660546</id>
    <updated>2011-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee on the status of her unemployment insurance extension bill, HR 589. &#8220;We&amp;#39;re looking for the money, we&amp;#39;re working with the White House and we&amp;#39;re trying to identify the &amp;#39;payfors,&#8221; Lee said. She added, &#8220;Under the paygo rules &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/should-taxpayers-be-responsible-for-extending-benefits-for-99ers/2213183/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Boehner and Cantor to meet with Democrats on HR 589 99er unemployment extension</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/boehner-and-cantor-to-meet-with-democrats-on-hr-589-99er-unemployment-extension" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-21:/commentary/10660545</id>
    <updated>2011-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Their bill, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 (HR 589), would add 14 weeks to the first tier of unemployment benefits and would apply retroactively to unemployed workers who have exhausted all benefits available in their ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/boehner-and-cantor-to-meet-with-democrats-on-hr-589-99er-unemployment-extension&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>New hope for long-term unemployed</title>
    <link href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/weeks-293046-jobless-unemployed.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-21:/commentary/10658625</id>
    <updated>2011-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OCRegister</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Bobby Scott, D-Va., sent a letter to House Republican leaders March 9 requesting a meeting to discuss possible funding for her bill, HR 589. The bill would add 14 more weeks of jobless benefits to the first tier of extended unemployment. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ocregister.com/articles/weeks-293046-jobless-unemployed.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-it%E2%80%99s-time-impeach-obama/2949" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-21:/commentary/10658624</id>
    <updated>2011-03-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Our illustrious president Barak Hussein Obama AKA Barry Soetoro AKA Barry the Rat is vacationing down in South America this week or at least that is the story that the mainstream propagandists are putting out. The fact is Barry the Rat is on a very ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-it%E2%80%99s-time-impeach-obama/2949&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters Don&amp;#39;t Think About It, Just Do It</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-don%E2%80%99t-think-about-it-just-do-it/2915" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-19:/commentary/10649995</id>
    <updated>2011-03-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 As radiation from Japan rains down on the west coast of the US, American war planes prepare to invade Libya, and millions of 99ers continue to suffer the grossest deprivations, King Soetoro and his wife Michelle Antoinette are basking in the sun of ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-don%E2%80%99t-think-about-it-just-do-it/2915&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-form-up/2890" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-18:/commentary/10641443</id>
    <updated>2011-03-18T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Well Obama&amp;#39;s approval ratings are continuing to fall. So I guess some more American service people had better get ready to die in Libya in order to bring them back up as the UN Security Council has okayed not only a no-fly zone but any military action&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-form-up/2890&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Supporters, Take a Stand Now</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-take-a-stand-now/2845" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-16:/commentary/10635282</id>
    <updated>2011-03-16T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 $58 billion would not only pay for HR 589, but would also finance a 26 week Tier 5 extension. These bastards are treating us like dirt in our own country and expecting us to pay them to do so. We 99ers have got to step forth and assert ourselves. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-take-a-stand-now/2845&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/what-options-do-the-99ers-have-for-employment/2211951/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-15:/commentary/10630831</id>
    <updated>2011-03-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
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 HR 589 simply acknowledges a plainly evident fact: that the unemployment crisis is still with us, and because of that, the need to extend the financial lifeline of unemployment benefits is just as strong today after 99 weeks than it is before that ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/what-options-do-the-99ers-have-for-employment/2211951/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-do-not-tolerate-the-green-weenies/2832" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-15:/commentary/10630829</id>
    <updated>2011-03-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 Well our so called government has sent warships to aid the Japanese and also, through the Suez Canal, to anchor off the coast of Libya. You see the people in Libya are being oppressed. They are not being allowed their pursuit of happiness. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-do-not-tolerate-the-green-weenies/2832&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/ending-unempoyment-assistance-saving-a-little-and-spending-a-lot/2211521/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-14:/commentary/10626520</id>
    <updated>2011-03-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee on the status of her unemployment insurance extension bill, HR 589. &#8220;We&amp;#39;re looking for the money, we&amp;#39;re working with the White House and we&amp;#39;re trying to identify the &amp;#39;payfors,&#8221; Lee said. She added, &#8220;Under the paygo rules &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/ending-unempoyment-assistance-saving-a-little-and-spending-a-lot/2211521/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>99ers, Henry Finds Funding for HR 589</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-henry-finds-funding-for-hr-589/2818" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-14:/commentary/10626519</id>
    <updated>2011-03-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 HR 589, which was introduced February 9, 2011, seems all but dead as there seems to be a problem with finding funding for this massive $15 billion project. Barry Soetoro AKA Barak Obama has turned the excess from the stimulus monies, some $787 billion, ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-henry-finds-funding-for-hr-589/2818&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/will-boehner-and-the-rest-of-congress-give-the-99ers-any-sort-of-chance/2211216/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-13:/commentary/10620177</id>
    <updated>2011-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily News Pulse</name>
    </author>
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 We request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss alternative ways to address the costs associated with HR 589, The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act. We hope that you share our urgent desire to move forward on passing this legislation ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/will-boehner-and-the-rest-of-congress-give-the-99ers-any-sort-of-chance/2211216/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-in-a-world-gone-crazy/2800" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-13:/commentary/10620176</id>
    <updated>2011-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 It seems every day more and more of the world is falling into chaos, from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan to the uprisings in the Middle East and anti-government protests in Europe. And don&amp;#39;t forget there is a terrorist behind every bush wanting t&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-in-a-world-gone-crazy/2800&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>States cutting unemployment benefits: the good, the bad and the ugly. H.R 589</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/states-cutting-unemployment-benefits-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-h-r-589" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-13:/commentary/10620175</id>
    <updated>2011-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 No state legislation was proposed to extend benefits to 99ers, although HR 589 is still being pushed by Reps. Lee and Scott. Although SB 637 will not help 99&amp;#39;ers who have exhausted their benefits as of October 2010. SB 637 will help claimants who have&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/states-cutting-unemployment-benefits-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-h-r-589&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-lee-and-scott-sends-hr-589-letter-to-boehner-do-you-think-it-will-do-any-good/2770" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-10:/commentary/10607124</id>
    <updated>2011-03-10T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott cosigned a letter that was sent to John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Dave Camp requesting their assistance in finding financing for HR 589, and also their help in plotting a course that will allow the speedy passage of the ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-lee-and-scott-sends-hr-589-letter-to-boehner-do-you-think-it-will-do-any-good/2770&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>House Dems still looking to extend unemployment benefits</title>
    <link href="http://www.americanindependent.com/173042/house-dems-still-looking-to-extend-unemployment-benefits" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-09:/commentary/10660547</id>
    <updated>2011-03-09T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The American Independent</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 sent a letter to Republican House leaders requesting a meeting to discuss HR 589, a bill to extend emergency benefits to long-term unemployed workers. Lee and Scott introduced the legislation last month that would add 14 weeks of unemployment benefits ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanindependent.com/173042/house-dems-still-looking-to-extend-unemployment-benefits&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Using POPVOX media to spread the message of job seeking 99ers to Congress</title>
    <link href="http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2011/03/using-popvox-media-to-spread-message-of.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-09:/commentary/10603940</id>
    <updated>2011-03-09T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Reach Out Job Search (blog)</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 One bill that we in the 99er community are very interested in is HR 589, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011. One of the comments by a supporter tells an all-too-common tale, but one that needs to be heard: &amp;quot;I have been ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2011/03/using-popvox-media-to-spread-message-of.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-make-the-easter-project-a-reality/2750" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-09:/commentary/10603939</id>
    <updated>2011-03-09T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The mainstream propaganda machine continues its blackout in reference to the 99er issue. I believe there are 99ers out there who are taking actions that are deliberately being excluded from the mainstream news. This being the case we must push from the ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-make-the-easter-project-a-reality/2750&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Scott and Lee offer new proposal on 99er unemployment extension (H.R. 589)</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/scott-and-lee-offer-new-proposal-on-99er-unemployment-extension-h-r-589" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-09:/commentary/10603938</id>
    <updated>2011-03-09T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Representatives Barbara Scott (D-CA) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) sent a letter to Republican leaders yesterday suggesting a new compromise on the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2011 (HR 589) -- the bill they introduced last month that would ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/scott-and-lee-offer-new-proposal-on-99er-unemployment-extension-h-r-589&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.mlive.com/jobs/index.ssf/2011/03/representatives_ask_for_meeting_with_rep.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-08:/commentary/10600316</id>
    <updated>2011-03-08T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MLive.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 sent a letter to Republican House leaders requesting a meeting to discuss HR 589, a bill to extend emergency benefits to long-term unemployed workers. Lee and Scott introduced the legislation last month that would add 14 weeks of unemployment benefits ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mlive.com/jobs/index.ssf/2011/03/representatives_ask_for_meeting_with_rep.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Advocates issue urgent appeal for 99er unemployment extension (H.R. 589)</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/advocates-issue-urgent-appeal-for-99er-unemployment-extension-h-r-589" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-07:/commentary/10594967</id>
    <updated>2011-03-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 A group advocating for passage of The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act (HR 589) -- which would retroactively extend benefits to 99ers -- issued an urgent &amp;quot;call for co-sponsors&amp;quot; yesterday, asking supporters to contact their congressmen ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/advocates-issue-urgent-appeal-for-99er-unemployment-extension-h-r-589&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-work/2726" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-07:/commentary/10594899</id>
    <updated>2011-03-07T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 With the money raised by fifteen candidates HR 589 could be financed. Remember when we were children attending the public schools? We were told that anyone of us could grow up and become president of these United States. I guess they just forgot to ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-work/2726&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-how-will-history-judge-americans-of-today/2692" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-06:/commentary/10589368</id>
    <updated>2011-03-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 In observing the mainstream propaganda machine I heard a commentator on FOX News put forth the notion that if the labor unions could be broken it would drive down wages and allow more people to go to work at a reduced rate, and this was portrayed as a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-how-will-history-judge-americans-of-today/2692&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-we-must-take-the-lead/2685" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-05:/commentary/10586275</id>
    <updated>2011-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The actor Charlie Sheen had his two twin sons taken from him last week after a conflict with the producer of Two and a Half Men. His story was reported on every channel and radio station across this country and the mainstream propagandists flocked to ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-we-must-take-the-lead/2685&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-it-is-the-corporations/2668" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-04:/commentary/10582976</id>
    <updated>2011-03-04T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The Constitution of the United States guarantees all citizens of the Republic a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. So what has gone so terribly wrong? Well I&amp;#39;m going to tell you. First we have to look at who are the people. .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-it-is-the-corporations/2668&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/04/2699835/economy-gained-a-net-192000-jobs.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-03:/commentary/10600315</id>
    <updated>2011-03-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The House bill that would add 14 additional weeks of unemployment compensation for those who have exhausted all benefits -- The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2011 (HR 589) -- now has 72 co-sponsors, but no Republican support. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/04/2699835/economy-gained-a-net-192000-jobs.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-educate/2658" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-03:/commentary/10574113</id>
    <updated>2011-03-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
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 We the people of the United States are currently spending $9.5 billion per day to finance the running of our inept and corrupt government; this, as millions of Americans are cold and going hungry. The outrage the $9.5 billion represents cannot be ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-educate/2658&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jobless rate drops a little as H.R. 589 99er unemployment extension stalls</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/jobless-rate-drops-a-little-as-h-r-589-99er-unemployment-extension-stalls" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-03:/commentary/10574112</id>
    <updated>2011-03-03T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The House bill that would add 14 additional weeks of unemployment compensation for those who have exhausted all benefits -- The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2011 (HR 589) -- now has 72 co-sponsors, but no Republican support. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/jobless-rate-drops-a-little-as-h-r-589-99er-unemployment-extension-stalls&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2011/03/03/dreams-of-luxury-not-necessity/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-02:/commentary/10571295</id>
    <updated>2011-03-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>City on a Hill Press</name>
    </author>
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 With many national programs in the budget getting wrung for every dollar they&amp;#39;re worth, it should come as little surprise that HR 589, which would have retroactively extended already exhausted unemployment benefits by an additional 14 weeks, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2011/03/03/dreams-of-luxury-not-necessity/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-you-must-do-the-work/2646" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-03-02:/commentary/10571294</id>
    <updated>2011-03-02T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The treasonous Tory dirt bag, Stuart Varney, said on FOX Business Wednesday that a new ADP report says the private sector added 217000 jobs last month. So who is the ADP? Well it is a cartel of businessmen who run their own website. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-you-must-do-the-work/2646&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-there-is-more-for-us-to-do/2610" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-28:/commentary/10564521</id>
    <updated>2011-02-28T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 There are approximately 7 million 99ers to date and growing. Any presumption that those in the highest seats of power in the United States government do not know of the misery that is spread throughout our land must be dismissed. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-there-is-more-for-us-to-do/2610&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-meanest-dogs-in-the-fight/2598" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-27:/commentary/10560002</id>
    <updated>2011-02-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 In examining their site I see no indication that HR 589 will even be mentioned. Hopefully I am wrong. It would be nice as a citizen to be able to go to the site for the House Ways and Means and look at a docket that would show exactly what the ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-supporters-of-hr-589-meanest-dogs-in-the-fight/2598&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-obama-needs-your-vote/2573" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-26:/commentary/10557020</id>
    <updated>2011-02-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 ... if you go ahead and start packing up in preparation for your return home to Chicago or Hawaii or Indonesia or Kenya or where ever in the hell you came from. Make sure you sign in and push the &#8220;I support this bill&#8221; button at Open Congress for HR 58&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-obama-needs-your-vote/2573&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers, pushing H.R. 589 unemployment extension, join union rallies</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/99ers-pushing-h-r-589-unemployment-extension-join-union-rallies" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-26:/commentary/10557019</id>
    <updated>2011-02-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 As union leaders held nationwide rallies in support of Wisconsin&amp;#39;s state workers yesterday, the long-term unemployed joined the protests to advocate for unemployment extensions and jobs. Unemployment advocates are facing an uphill battle in their ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/99ers-pushing-h-r-589-unemployment-extension-join-union-rallies&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 &#8211; 99ers Back 99ers</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-%E2%80%93-99ers-back-99ers/2552" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-24:/commentary/10550264</id>
    <updated>2011-02-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Today we will be looking at John Lewis (D)GA, another Human Resource Subcommittee member who will be deciding the fate of HR 589 and is denying the 99ers our 1 st Amendment right to redress of grievance and our 14 th Amendment right to equal access ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-%E2%80%93-99ers-back-99ers/2552&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-conflict-is-spreading/2533" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-23:/commentary/10545446</id>
    <updated>2011-02-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 99ers are becoming more and more frustrated with the seeming lack of attention being given to HR 589 and their concerns are well founded. With the individual members of the subcommittee&amp;#39;s invocation of their unconstitutional private policy which says &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-conflict-is-spreading/2533&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Second 99erAID recap: 99ers want Unity, Solidarity, and Jobs</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/liberal-in-national/second-99eraid-recap-99ers-want-unity-solidarity-and-jobs" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-22:/commentary/10540784</id>
    <updated>2011-02-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Some worried that Wisconsin had overshadowed the 99ers fight, blotting out all possible coverage of the continuing fight for HR 589 and the exploration of exactly where that bill stands now. Still others saw a moment to join with the Unions, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/liberal-in-national/second-99eraid-recap-99ers-want-unity-solidarity-and-jobs&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-by-force/2509" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-22:/commentary/10540783</id>
    <updated>2011-02-22T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Today we are going to address Lloyd Doggett, a Democrat from Texas and a ranking member of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the House Ways and Means where HR 589 sits in limbo. Doggett, like the rest of the members of the subcommittee has taken ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-by-force/2509&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-denied-constitutional-rights-by-committee/2488" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-21:/commentary/10536239</id>
    <updated>2011-02-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Evidently the Congress persons making up the subcommittee in the House Ways and Means that will be deciding HR 589 seem to have taken the position that our 1 st Amendment guarantee is conditional and only applies to them as federal employees in ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-supporters-denied-constitutional-rights-by-committee/2488&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers HR 589 Not Because They Pity Us but Because They Fear Us</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-not-because-they-pity-us-but-because-they-fear-us/2438" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-18:/commentary/10518996</id>
    <updated>2011-02-18T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 If HR 589 is passed through some compromise it will not be because a bunch of socialists sit around sending emails to their non-representatives and singing Kumbaya in the candlelight. It will be because they have become genuinely afraid of what we are ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-hr-589-not-because-they-pity-us-but-because-they-fear-us/2438&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Advocates continue push for 99er unemployment extension after setback</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/advocates-continue-push-for-99er-unemployment-extension-after-setback" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-17:/commentary/10630830</id>
    <updated>2011-02-17T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The proposed unemployment extension for 99ers, HR 589, is &amp;quot;still alive and in Committee,&amp;quot; despite a setback, unemployment advocate Gregg Rosen said yesterday. Representative Barbara Lee (D - CA) failed in her attempt to attach the bill to the ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-national/advocates-continue-push-for-99er-unemployment-extension-after-setback&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-unemployment-extension-hr-589-in-death-throes/2413" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-17:/commentary/10511176</id>
    <updated>2011-02-17T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 HR 589 was swept aside using Clause 2 (c) of Rule XXI as the legislation would have created new unfunded law as an attachment. I was the first to blame Barbara Lee for not knowing the rules but in all truth and fairness, I&amp;#39;m sure she did. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-unemployment-extension-hr-589-in-death-throes/2413&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Amendment HR589 violates House rules, removed from FY2011 C.R.</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/amendment-hr589-violates-house-rules-removed-from-fy2011-c-r" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-16:/commentary/10526163</id>
    <updated>2011-02-16T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Barbara Lee did attempt to attach HR 589 to the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Budget Resolution. Yes, this was disallowed (it should be noted that this method is used and has succeeded without objection in the past). Does this mean that HR589 is dead&#8230; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/amendment-hr589-violates-house-rules-removed-from-fy2011-c-r&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99er Unemployment Extension Amendment bounced for rules violation</title>
    <link href="http://www.examiner.com/liberal-in-national/99er-unemployment-extension-amendment-bounced-for-rules-violation" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-16:/commentary/10518998</id>
    <updated>2011-02-16T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Examiner.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Lee&amp;#39;s 14 week unemployment extension (HR 589) has 67 co sponsors and will likely have to fight to reach the floor as a stand alone bill now. Rep. Lee has indicated that she is willing to offset the $16 billion dollar cost of the extension. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/liberal-in-national/99er-unemployment-extension-amendment-bounced-for-rules-violation&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Water-Board the Banksters</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-water-board-the-banksters/2389" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-16:/commentary/10506711</id>
    <updated>2011-02-16T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 ... and they are going to tell us where our money is, even if we have to water-board them. God bless the Republic, death to the international corporate mafia, we shall prevail. Call the so called representatives and ask them what is going on with HR 589. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-water-board-the-banksters/2389&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Unemployment extension for 99ers, new developments include new sponsors for ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.khabrein.info/news/Unemployment_extension_for_99ers__new_developments_include_new_sponsors_for_the_bill_1297796386/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-14:/commentary/10496496</id>
    <updated>2011-02-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Khabrein</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Since the report surfaced everybody is talking about the bill, HR 589. It is also being called the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.khabrein.info/news/Unemployment_extension_for_99ers__new_developments_include_new_sponsors_for_the_bill_1297796386/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rep. Conyers instrumental in new bill to help 99ers</title>
    <link href="http://www.americanindependent.com/169229/rep-conyers-instrumental-in-new-bill-to-help-99ers" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-13:/commentary/10557035</id>
    <updated>2011-02-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The American Independent</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 HR 589 has 60 co-sponsors, all of them Democrats. That will make it very difficult for the bill to get even a committee hearing in the House, much less a passing vote. None of the other Michigan representatives signed on as co-sponsors of the bill. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanindependent.com/169229/rep-conyers-instrumental-in-new-bill-to-help-99ers&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Unemployment benefits extension for 99ers, there are more backers now</title>
    <link href="http://www.khabrein.info/news/Unemployment_benefits_extension_for_99ers__there_are_more_backers_now_1297686565/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-13:/commentary/10494237</id>
    <updated>2011-02-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Khabrein</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The bill is being named HR 589. It is an Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011. Its biggest attraction is that it would provide 14 ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.khabrein.info/news/Unemployment_benefits_extension_for_99ers__there_are_more_backers_now_1297686565/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-break-the-false-left-right-paradigm-push-hr-589-and-eliminate-nafta-cafta-gatt-wto/2332" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-13:/commentary/10494236</id>
    <updated>2011-02-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Every once in a while it becomes necessary to attack the false left-right paradigm in order to keep the lie it represents front and center in the minds of ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-break-the-false-left-right-paradigm-push-hr-589-and-eliminate-nafta-cafta-gatt-wto/2332&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rep. Marcia Fudge supports unemployment extension for 99ers</title>
    <link href="http://www.thestatecolumn.com/state_politics/ohio/rep-marcia-fudge-supports-unemployment-extension-for-99ers/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-12:/commentary/10488755</id>
    <updated>2011-02-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The State Column (blog)</name>
    </author>
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 Washington DC &#8211; Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) today released the following statement in support of HR 589, The Emergency Unemployment Compensation ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestatecolumn.com/state_politics/ohio/rep-marcia-fudge-supports-unemployment-extension-for-99ers/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>99ers Go Forth and Push HR 589 through the Ways and Means Committee</title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-go-forth-and-push-hr-589-through-the-ways-and-means-committee/2301" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-12:/commentary/10488753</id>
    <updated>2011-02-12T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 If we know what they are doing from day to day maybe we can find a way to push HR 589 through the committee with more efficiency. If anyone comes up with an ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-go-forth-and-push-hr-589-through-the-ways-and-means-committee/2301&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Unemployment extension 99ers, HR 589 Emergency unemployment compensation ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.khabrein.info/news/Unemployment_extension_99ers__HR_589_Emergency_unemployment_compensation_extension_Act_2011_1297523638/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-11:/commentary/10603941</id>
    <updated>2011-02-11T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Khabrein</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Unemployment extension 99ers, HR 589 Emergency unemployment compensation extension Act 2011. It will be great if there are no cuts to balance proposed 99er unemployment extension bill The Extension bill for 99ers will be proposed by democratic Reps. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.khabrein.info/news/Unemployment_extension_99ers__HR_589_Emergency_unemployment_compensation_extension_Act_2011_1297523638/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-%E2%80%93-the-fight-for-hr-589-intensifies/2282" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-11:/commentary/10487546</id>
    <updated>2011-02-11T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 The drive to force the passage of HR 589 needs to get out of control. We cannot slow down, but rather we must intensify our efforts over the weekend. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-%E2%80%93-the-fight-for-hr-589-intensifies/2282&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://peoplesworld.org/democrats-challenge-republicans-extend-lifeline-to-99ers/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-11:/commentary/10487545</id>
    <updated>2011-02-11T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Khabrein</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Unemployment extension 99ers, HR 589 Emergency unemployment compensation extension Act 2011. It will be great if there are no cuts to balance proposed 99er ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://peoplesworld.org/democrats-challenge-republicans-extend-lifeline-to-99ers/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://dailynewspulse.com/99ers-need-to-make-their-voices-heard-it-is-time-to-make-a-stand/223745/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-10:/commentary/10488754</id>
    <updated>2011-02-10T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>From the Trenches World Report</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 In following the progress of the unemployment extension legislation it is revealed that it is being identified as HR 589 Emergency Unemployment Compensation ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dailynewspulse.com/99ers-need-to-make-their-voices-heard-it-is-time-to-make-a-stand/223745/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Warrensville Heights: Congresswoman co-sponsors bill to extend jobless benefits</title>
    <link href="http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=174849&amp;amp;catid=130" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-02-10:/commentary/10484951</id>
    <updated>2011-02-10T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WKYC-TV</name>
    </author>
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 WASHINGTON DC -- Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) is co-sponsoring HR 589, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act. The bill would extend an ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=174849&amp;amp;catid=130&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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