Sen Jack Reed/Handling UI Benefits--Contact Him!

superstevies wrote:I called his offices today...The phone person was very nice...I thanked him for being open to listen, and for his past support of ...S3706 that went no where. I asked that the 99ers or Exhaustees not be left out of negotiations and they said they would surely pass along info.

I also called my CA. Senators, Boxer & Feinstein to ask that they communicate to Reed that 99ers & Exhaustees not be left out this time...I got the same thing...We will be sure they get the message. I hope so...I am going to call, email, fax, tweet who I can ect. until we get help...It's getting worse...Nobodys seems to want to hire the LongTermUnemployed so until they do, I am going to fight, and make sure Congress knows we are not going to just wither away.

‘No one more protective of the unemployed’ than RI’s Reed
December 27th, 2011 at 2:39 pm by Ted Nesi under Nesi's Notes

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed has been given the unenviable task of helping to broker a long-term compromise on the payroll tax cut (and jobless benefits) after a two-month extension passed last week. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Reed wasn’t an accidental choice (via the NYT):

Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, will be a member of the House-Senate conference committee. In picking him, Mr. Reid noted that Rhode Island had high unemployment and said “no one in the Senate has been more protective of the unemployed.”