Rep. Levin says Republican bill threatens federal extended unemployment benefits

“This is the opposite of a jobs bill – it is a hatchet job on the unemployment insurance program. With this legislation, Republicans are proposing to end this year’s guaranteed benefit for the long-term unemployed, just like they’ve proposed ending the guaranteed benefit for Medicare recipients,” said Levin. “At stake are extended benefits for more than 4 million unemployed Americans. This legislation takes money out of the pockets of the long-term unemployed and throws it to states.”

Angelicrisis wrote:NAZIS!!! I have reached an all time level of disgust with them and this country's politicians.

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:They got the rich tax breaks and now they want to end benefits during a crisis. I hope they people start

We need to take everything they have and send them off on a raft with one gun and no food or water!

exhaustedandtired/1208 wrote:

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:They got the rich tax breaks and now they want to end benefits during a crisis. I hope they people start

We need to take everything they have and send them off on a raft with one gun and no food or water!

guess who signed off on the bill too??? Not a argument but just a point! We need dems. and especially the Pres!

exhaustedandtired/1208 wrote:

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:They got the rich tax breaks and now they want to end benefits during a crisis. I hope they people start

We need to take everything they have and send them off on a raft with one gun and no food or water!

guess who signed off on the bill too??? Not a argument but just a point! We need dems. and especially the Pres!

Judi58 wrote:Are these the two bills they were passing while everyone was debating if osama was dead?? yeah guys while americans were watching the blanket of coverage the house and senate were for once working as always against the unemployed...

Saw it 2 days ago?? on the Maddow show..

Judi58 wrote:I heard a report about what was going on while the media was stuck on osama... oh well it would not be the first time...

lendmeflight2 wrote:This bill doesn't even makes sense. All it does is allow states to end EB and use that federal money to pay back other federal money that they owe?


This does not create one job and will be vetoed if it reaches Obama, count on it.

It never ceases to amaze me how peopel can still support the GOP after something like this.

Yeah they are both bad but one is a little worse don't ya think?

Never will they get a vote from me, never.

lendmeflight2 wrote:So under this legislation, the same amount of money would go to the states but possibly NONE of it could be used on ANY benefits and all the tiers would end?

You are right, they are Nazis, this is absolutely ridiculous.

jmainframe wrote:IMHO, S 904 will never make it past the Democrat-controlled senate and if it did, Obama will veto it!

exhaustedandtired/1208 wrote:As I said yesterday! IF these bills for diverting money from unemployment funds are attached to 589 that will certainly get it out of finance. otherwise WHY create these bills. Well Ok, Yes if they are two independent bills unattached to 589 then yes, they would kill ALL remaining unemployment extensions in place now and folks drawing the 26 weeks and other tiers would STOP and it would be over the moment they are passed AND IF THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT VETO THEM!!!! HELLO!!!!! If he signs off on those bills then (never mind)... Judge for yourselve's... he has jumped on the repub. band wagon a lot lately for his reelection Butt!