by Bill Scher | Mar 24, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
Congress returns from its March recess today. High up on the Senate agenda is the bipartisan deal to restart unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed, which had expired in January. But it's nowhere to be found on the House agenda. It's up to us to put it...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 14, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
After all that 2 million of this nation's unemployed workers have gone through, it is hard to say anything positive about the news that Senate Democratic leaders have reached a deal with five Senate Republicans on a renewal of emergency unemployment benefits that were...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 24, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
Ted Drost was a six-figure marketing and client development specialist based in Chicago who has worked for several Fortune 100 financial institutions. He also says he was "born and raised a Republican" and has supported Illinois freshman Republican Sen. Mark Kirk...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 13, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
The decision by Sens. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to join a filibuster of a measure to renew emergency jobless benefits is not only a moral disgrace, as Robert Borosage declared Wednesday. The reason they cited for doing so would advance an...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 12, 2014 | Conservatism, Unemployment Benefits
After laboring for all of 18 days this year, Congress adjourns today for another 12-day vacation. They leave behind a city paralyzed by icy weather outside and icy indifference inside the halls of Congress. They leave after a minority of the Senate used a filibuster...
by Bill Scher | Feb 11, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
Last month, Senate Democrats offered Republicans a concession in order to help the long-term unemployed continue to receive unemployment insurance: offset the $17 billion cost by extending sequester cuts an additional year into 2024. The Washington Post reported...
