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According to Arthur Delaney of HuffintonPost.com, in May after several jobs reports from the Labor Department had shown modest gains, moderates in both the Senate and the House lost their appetites for increasing deficit spending. That change in mood marked "the beginning of the end" of efforts to address continuing unemployment difficulties, which are more severe now than when the federal unemployment benefits programs were created in 2009. No Clear Path Forward After Jobs Bill Fails Again In Senate
In the meantime, Republicans continue to throw up procedural roadblocks to passage of HR 4213. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) offered a "clay pigeon" amendment on Thursday that would have required 20 separate votes. Under Senate rules, a "clay pigeon" divides an amendment into numerous pieces, requiring votes on each individual division of that amendment. No action has yet been taken on Coburn's clay pigeon. Clay Pigeon Returns | Jamie Dupree
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According to Arthur Delaney of HuffintonPost.com, in May after several jobs reports from the Labor Department had shown modest gains,
The 30-day extensions were specifically passed because at those times no longer extension could garner a sufficient number of votes to be passed -- not because the Senate wanted to "push it back so they could fit it in where they could."
"Prospects for Unemployment & COBRA Extensions" is the title of this thread -- although some people can get fixated on one aspect of this very complicated subject, discussion here is obviously not limited to HR 4213, regardless of its status. Failure to pass HR 4213 to date offers some insights into what may be possible for Congress to accomplish in this area moving forward.
you are completely wrong, they pushed for 30 day extensions due in part to bigger bills and debates they had going on and they werent able to move onto hr4213
you are completely wrong, they pushed for 30 day extensions due in part to bigger bills and debates they had going on and they werent able to move onto hr4213
I have posts in these forums supported by links to credible sources on the issue of unemployment insurance benefits -- going back to early 2009 before the stimulus package was passed to the present -- that document that what I have said here is true.
If you can prove me wrong with facts on the history of HR 4213, please post them.
I have posts in these forums supported by links to credible sources on the issue of unemployment insurance benefits -- going back to early 2009 before the stimulus package was passed -- that document that what I have said here is true.
If you can prove me wrong with facts, please post them.
He's partially correct, as pointed out in an article I previously posted.
I respect your place here and understand you are the main source of information, but sometimes, you're not 100% correct.
Not as far as I can tell. I think they're pretty much waiting on Baucus to work in his changes over the weekend then bring it back up for discussion next week.
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