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It will soon be time to put some extra deadbolts on our homes and buy some spare ammo, especially in states like Mich.
How is this the fault of republicans?
House lines up second vote on unemployment benefits
By Vicki Needham - 06/29/10 06:33 PM ET
The House is expected to approve a stand-alone extension of unemployment benefits on Wednesday, leaving the matter up to the Senate.
The House Rules Committee agreed to set up a same-day rule for the bill for Wednesday.
An attempt to move the legislation on Tuesday under suspension of House rules failed after it did not win the two-thirds majority that is necessary. In the 261-155 vote, 16 Democrats crossed party lines and voted no, while 30 Republicans voted for the measure.
All but two of the Democrats are members of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition. The 14 Blue Dogs were: Reps. Marion Berry (Ark.), Travis Childers (Miss.), Jim Cooper (Tenn.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Jim Marshall (Ga.), Betsy Markey (Colo.), Frank Kratovil (Md.), Baron Hill (Ind.), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (S.D.), Walt Minnick (Idaho), Glenn Nye (Va.), Bobby Bright (Ala.) and Heath Shuler (N.C.). The other two were Reps. John Adler (N.J.) and Melissa Bean (Ill.).
Those Democrats are from 14 different states — half of which recorded double-digit unemployment in May — Mississippi (11.4 percent), Alabama (10.8), Illinois (10.8), Tennessee (10.4), North Carolina (10.3), Georgia (10.2) and Indiana (10). New Jersey is in line with the national average of 9.7 percent and Idaho's rate is 9 percent. Colorado is at 8 percent, Arkansas at 7.7, Maryland at 7.2 and Virginia at 7.1 percent.
Herseth Sandlin's state has one of the lowest rates of unemployment at 4.6 percent.
The approximately $35 billion six-month extension appears to be two votes short of the 60 it needs to pass in the Senate.
Democrats want to move the extension before Congress adjourns later this week for the week-long July 4 recess.
The legislative week has been further tightened by the death of long-time Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), who will lie in state in the Senate chamber for most of Thursday.
Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.) said Tuesday that if the bill isn't with other spending cuts or tax increases, it won't get his vote.
With the Senate missing Byrd, three Republicans would need to back the measure to ensure passage.
So far, Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) is the only Republican who has voiced support for passing an extension without offsetting its cost.
Ohio Sen. George Voinovich (R) said he's unlikely to vote yes if the bill is not offset.
If the House passes a bill, the Senate will have one shot at sending it to President Barack Obama's desk. Any changes would require the lower chamber to consider the measure again. The House is expected to complete its business by Thursday night.
Without action, 1.2 million people are expected to lose their extended benefits by Wednesday. That number will rise to at least 2 million by July 10, some right after finishing up their state-funded 26 weeks, before Congress returns from its weeklong recess, according to Labor Department figures.
Benefits expired June 1.
A total of 54 percent of workers exhaust all of their unemployment insurance benefits, up to 99 weeks in states with high levels of unemployment.
Americans receive an average of $304 a week, providing about $6.7 billion a month in economic stimulus, according to the National Employment Law Project, a group studying the issue.
Those who have exhausted their benefits could potentially be without their weekly checks until the middle of July if the Senate can't reach an agreement.
The House bill under consideration extends unemployment benefits through November but will not include the extra $25 included in checks as part of last year's stimulus bill.
If Congress is unable to extend benefits, all 50 states would lose emergency funding that provides between 34 and 53 additional weeks on top of the state-provided 26 weeks.
Overall statistics on unemployment benefits are staggering — 46 percent of the 15 million unemployed Americans have been out of work for at least six months, with an average person jobless for 34.4 weeks, the highest in history, according to NELP and Labor Department statistics.
Under the extension, unemployed workers can receive up to 99 weeks of benefits based on the state's unemployment rate. Every state is affected if Congress can't resolve the issue before recess begins. If a measure isn't passed, lawmakers wouldn't take it up again until at least July 12, when they return from the weeklong break.
But not everyone is like you. Some people have a much harder time getting a job. The problem isn't that people aren't willing to take low enough pay, but there aren't any jobs because there isn't enough demand and therefore not enough hiring. Hence some people will end up unemployed before the confidence in the economy improves and people start hiring again.
Also, they will want a job, because a job pays better than unemployment insurance. Also a job is more secure, because as we have seen. It's very easy to lose the unemployment insurance, and it will certinally be removed when it is easy to get a job again.
Then explain the freight picking up and trucking companies hiring
So we should limit the time of unemployment so people go to work and look for jobs
Then explain the freight picking up and trucking companies hiring
So we should limit the time of unemployment so people go to work and look for jobs
You act like the country is made up of a bunch of truckers.
But not everyone is like you. Some people have a much harder time getting a job. The problem isn't that people aren't willing to take low enough pay, but there aren't any jobs because there isn't enough demand and therefore not enough hiring. Hence some people will end up unemployed before the confidence in the economy improves and people start hiring again.
Also, they will want a job, because a job pays better than unemployment insurance. Also a job is more secure, because as we have seen. It's very easy to lose the unemployment insurance, and it will certinally be removed when it is easy to get a job again.
No get a job. I am on my second job this year. That after not working for a year because of back surgery. I did not collect unemployment. If you give them money why should they work or look for a job?
How did you survive without collecting unemployment? This has got be rich.
One of the golden rules of personal finance: Save 3-6 months worth of pay in case of an emergency.
No get a job. I am on my second job this year. That after not working for a year because of back surgery. I did not collect unemployment. If you give them money why should they work or look for a job?
We should not be asking if Unemployment benefits should be extended. We should be asking if we should continue the Unemployment benefits program. We should be asking, where the state gets the money to pay for such benefits. We should be asking if there is a better way than the current program. We should have more questions and then maybe we’ll get real answers.
Then explain the freight picking up and trucking companies hiring
So we should limit the time of unemployment so people go to work and look for jobs
You keep claiming that "I did not draw unemployment" for a year, yet you are a cartage contractor. You do know that you aren't eligible for unemployment benefits, don't you?
We should keep them going as long as unemployment(real unemployment + underemplyment) is so high that the reality of finding a job in some areas is next to zero.
News - Economy - Unemployment Map - WOODTV.com and WOOD TV8: Grand Rapids, MI
This is a map of the west Michigan area where I live, with county by county numbers. The numbers are the "official" unemployment rates, not including discouraged people and underemployed. Tell me what you think the odds are of being able to find a job around here.
That's kind of hard to do on the minimum wage.
Good thing the vast majority of people don't make minimum wage.
That's mostly the area of teenagers.
that is a novel twist on the 'blame the victim' strategy
now it is spun to insist that the blameless victims are only teenagers
stunningly simplistic
Not at all, employment is always subject to market conditions.
Everyone knows this.
You are supposed to be prepared for your future.
again, you embrace the ideal instead of addressing the reality
hence the sophomoric responses to complex issues
My mom used to think that only people who want to be homeless are homeless. It's a choice, right? They're all mentally ill anyway. It's not like they did everything they were supposed to and then one was hit by a catastrophic illness, and wiped out the family savings, and they lost the house in the .... oh wait. Yeah, as it turns out, life happens to EVERYBODY. You never know when you're going to be hit by a tsunami. Or Katrina. Or GM is going to leave Flint MI. And if you think you do, then you are choosing willful ignorance as a viable response to the possibilities. There but for the grace and all that.
People who think they have life figured out cause great hysteria amongst the gods.
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