H.R.589 - Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011

To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act as introduced.
  • Popular: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Short: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 as introduced.

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99Survivor 02/10/2011 12:39pm

c-span is just more pandering to a TV camera…..we know that :)

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WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 12:32pm
in reply to where Feb 10, 2011 12:27pm

Good luck on your interview!

My beard has been needing a trim for a while :)

where 02/10/2011 12:27pm
in reply to WasMiddleClass Feb 10, 2011 12:03pm

Ok so I was side tracked by my first job Interview call in three years! So we have a new Bill!! Wow what a day, I have been shaving all day and got it down to a goatee!

I hope I get this job, but I will still follow and do what I can for our plight!

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WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 12:21pm

Income inequality: It wasn’t always this way

In recent decades, the bulk of income growth in America has gone to the top 10% of families, but that was not always the case. Throughout most of the 20th Century, the bottom 90% claimed a much larger share of income growth than they have in recent years.

Between 1948 and 1979, a period of strong overall economic growth and productivity in the United States, the richest 10% of families accounted for 33% of average income growth, while the bottom 90% accounted for 67%. The overall distribution of income was stable for these three decades. In an extreme contrast, during the most recent economic expansion between 2000 and 2007, the period that led up to the Great Recession, the richest 10% accounted for a full 100% of average income growth.

http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/income_inequality_it_wasnt_always_this_way/

WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 12:03pm
in reply to Liberty1 Feb 10, 2011 11:56am

Thanks a lot buddy :)

Hey! Don’t you have your own site to worry about :P

Liberty1 02/10/2011 11:56am
in reply to WasMiddleClass Feb 10, 2011 10:31am

Check your email,

If it reached the north pole yet :-)

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wstaff 02/10/2011 11:31am
in reply to WasMiddleClass Feb 10, 2011 10:22am

Anyone else watch the travesty unfold in the Senate yesterday. U.N was over paid billions by our government. The Senate voted to not ask for the money back.
Can you say “Double Talk” ? Most senator are quick to note we are close to 15 trillion dollars in debt NOW and must cut everything but are unwilling to recoop
the over a Billion dollar over payment. Anyone else see jabber jawing here?

lramirez0707 02/10/2011 11:25am

Come on 99ers lets keep fighting… Bless congress woman LEE! There has to be some Republicans that will back her up! The lord knows how hards its been for us. Lets all pray to the lord and await a fast and good report!

jamesbutt 02/10/2011 11:14am

I am doing what I am able to help this bill. Im one of the 99ers so I know how hard it is especially here in Oregon. Seems like no work exist for anyone over age 55 anymore. We are capable.

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BPennett 02/10/2011 11:02am

Voicing support for all long term unemplyed….

don’t let the “PHANTOM GOVERNMENT” wear you down…..

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adamaiken 02/10/2011 10:41am

New bill, new board, awesome.

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wstaff 02/10/2011 10:28am

Wow nice to see both of you here :)

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WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 10:15am
in reply to sclark113 Feb 10, 2011 10:11am

Agreed!

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WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 10:01am
in reply to WasMiddleClass Feb 10, 2011 10:01am

http://www.mlive.com/jobs/index.ssf/2011/02/rep_lee_looks_for_republican_support_to.html

The link is safe. I scanned it.

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WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 9:59am
in reply to sclark113 Feb 10, 2011 9:46am

Am I actually reading about possible Republican support for this?

sclark113 02/10/2011 9:46am
in reply to WasMiddleClass Feb 10, 2011 9:36am

Howdy friend! Imagine me finding you here. What a surprise (NOT)! Ok pal, let’s get this one revved-up and moving into the signed into law category!!!

WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 9:36am

3.9 Million Americans Ran Out Of Unemployment Benefits In 2010: Report

Last year, 3.9 million Americans ran out of unemployment insurance benefits, according to a new analysis provided to HuffPost by the National Employment Law Project.

Those 3.9 million are not necessarily still unemployed, and not all of them are necessarily “99ers” — people who exhausted the maximum 99 weeks of benefits currently available in 25 states — but the number offers a dramatic reminder that the longest-ever unemployment lifeline is still not long enough for some Americans to climb out of the deepest jobs hole since the Great Depression.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/10/2010-unemployment-benefits-exhausted_n_820957.html


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