by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
Despite record-high levels of unemployment – especially long-term unemployment – Republicans are refusing to permit any extension of unemployment insurance benefits unless it’s “paid for” with money taken from other government programs. They've never demanded that of...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
[fve]http://youtu.be/IAPccIfqG8k[/fve] While legislation to renew extended unemployment insurance cleared a big hurdle in the Senate this week, it's far from the last one. Most of the handful of Republicans who voted to advance the bill say they won't support the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 7, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
Now that the Senate has disarmed a filibuster threat and cleared the way for legislative debate on emergency extended unemployment benefits, it's time to take on this specious Republican demand that an extension of these benefits have to be "paid for" – particularly...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 7, 2014 | Conservatism, Unemployment Benefits
Filibuster. Use the word. Call it what it is. Succeed or not, Republicans are trying to filibuster the effort to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. A majority want this to pass, but Republicans are trying to block it with a filibuster. If...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 6, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
Congress failed to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program before they left for vacation. The result? Three days after Christmas, 1.3 million long-term unemployed Americans lost their unemployment benefits. If Congress doesn't act now, 2014 promises to...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 3, 2014 | Democracy, Economy, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision, Unemployment Benefits
Federal unemployment assistance for 1.3 million people who have been unemployed longer than 26 weeks expired last Saturday, after Republicans blocked efforts to extend them. 3.6 million more people will lose these benefits over this year. Restoring these benefits is a...
