Sen. Harry Reid answers your questions LIVE today at 2:00 pm, ET!

About the topic
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will be online on Wednesday, June 22 at 2 p.m. ET to talk about ongoing Democratic efforts on job creation.

You can submit a question above or -- even better -- go to the 2Chambers blog to post questions and vote on other readers' questions. Sen. Reid will answer the most popular question (plus many more, of course).

Is Congress considering any type of relief for the Long Term Unemployed, like myself, who lost their jobs when this "recession" began in 2008, and now cannot find any type of job due to the length of their unemployment? I understand there have been some job creation ideas being considered, but we have been without income for over a year now, and will soon be on the streets, a situation that is hard to overcome once you find yourself in the position of being homeless. Most of us in this situation are in our 50's, have had successful careers and are educated. We have been without health insurance for over 3 years and the only benefit we qualify for is SNAP. We can't wait until the proposed job creation plans take effect. We need help right now. Why is Congress ignoring us? We would give anything just to have even a part-time "McJob"! Can you tell me if we will see any kind of relief before Congress adjourns for the summer recess in August?

With unemployment so high, and the duration so long, dont you think it makes sense to add benefits for the long term unemployed (exhaustees)? The CBC has a bill in committee, HR 589 which would add 14 weeks of benefits to tier I. We need jobs, but we need assistance until those jobs are created. It is absolutely inhumane to let millions of people suffer through no fault of their own. Some people exhausted benefits as far back March 2010 and are still unable to find work. There are only 3 million jobs available for more than 15 million unemployed. Suicide rates and homelessness have risen dramatically. People are losing everything. It is going to take time to create enough jobs. Do you plan to push for another tier of benefits as well as job creation? If so, when? Millions are running out of time....
Today 6/22/2011 9:28:21 AM EDT

mj33 wrote:Dodged both questions somewhat, especially so in the 2nd answer, unnaceptable, who is voting these people into office?

My local congress. rep. office wasn't even aware as of recently of HR 589, amazingly sad.