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This is GREAT news! Let's all pray it will finally happen!

Thanks Adam for the info. Thanks for keeping us up to date. So when this goes to the house are they going to hold up things for another 3 weeks like the senate has? And how fast will it go back to the house once the senate votes, and after that how long will it take for the president to sign it? Is he going to hold up thgings too?

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate will vote Monday evening on legislation extending unemployment benefits — a procedural vote that could clear the way for final passage as early as late Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just announced.

Monday’s cloture vote won’t pass the bill, but only ends the GOP filibuster, allowing the staging of the final vote. Senate rules dictate, however, that 30 hours must pass between the cloture vote and that on final passage — meaning that, absent a deal, the Senate can’t pass the bill much sooner than midnight on Tuesday.Reid said the bill will include only two additional amendments: A tax credit for homebuyers, and a tax benefit allowing businesses to recoup taxes they paid in recent profitable years.
If an agreement is struck between the parties, all of this could change at any time.

http://michiganmessenger.com/29143/vote-on-unemployment-extension-pushed...

Would someone who has the time and know-how please list the names on this blog of those politicians who are trying to railroad this extension. Let's make sure they get voted out of office next election. This especially includes Kyl and Alexander.

Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY] DC office: 202-224-6441
Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO] DC office: 202-224-5721
Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY] DC office: 202-224-4343
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK] DC office: 202-224-5754
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX] DC office: 202-224-2934
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC] DC office: 202-224-6121
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY] DC office: 202-224-3424
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC] DC office: 202-224-5972
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT] DC office: 202-224-5251
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK] DC office: 202-224-4721
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL] DC office: 202-224-4124
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] DC office: 202-224-4623
Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] DC office: 202-224-6253

These guys are just trading our lives like they were Baseball cards.

Hope this is it. Alot of Americans including myself are counting on this. Thanks again Adam Doster for the update. This site is great! Good luck everyone, have a great weekend and keep your head high. I'm sure the good lord will let this happen for us.

Mr. Doster, Mr. Kalvern, I am so grateful to the both of you for the news postings and clarifying statements. You are doing a priceless service for a desperate community and have surely earned a second set of wings by now.

I can only say at this point, after all of the back and forth of the past 4 weeks while people are going without food and roofs over their heads, is that I will believe it when I see it. What a shame that it has come to this, American citizens being taken hostage by their own "representatives". Not to be forgotten......

Doesn`t anyone else know that UI extensions, and the $25/wk kicker are NOT authorized to go into 2010? I mean even IF this gets passed and signed by the President next week......oh my
Am I wrong? I heard a senator speak against funding it with the employer tax, " Unemployment will be done in December but the employer tax would continue", paraphrasing of course.

One more thing, if I see another post like this I will vomit.

"this needs to get past threw now"

There are people, with jobs of course who think we are just the deadwood. Times got tough and the crappy, dumba$$ workers were cut. Tough shi*. They come here to feed.
Hopefully having to register will cut out all the 35 y/o STILL living at home with mama knuckleheads who find it the highlight of their day to come in here and spew filth or pose as an illiterate.

I grow weary of this.....really. I would rather play " Let`s drink whats under the sink"

OK, here is a great one for our tired minds. Pray for this to happen, as i think it will....
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Unemployment Extension Set for Passage Next Week
October 30, 2009 by senatus

It appears increasingly likely that Senators will pass the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (H.R. 3548) sometime next week.

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) indicated this morning that if Monday’s procedural (cloture) motion is adopted on the bill, House and Senate action could be completed by Tuesday which would allow the measure to be sent to President Obama for his signature.

Since the Senate is offering a substitute amendment to the originally-passed House bill, House members must vote one more time after the Senate completes action before work on the legislation can end. If Senators adopt cloture on Monday, at least one more vote on final passage will likely be necessary.

According to Congressional Quarterly, the Senate’s version would “provide 14 additional weeks of unemployment aid in all 50 states.”

People in states with jobless rates exceeding 8.5 percent would get an additional six weeks of benefits. Currently, 27 states, along with the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, would qualify as high-unemployment states.

Also included in the Senate’s bill is an agreement “covering the home-buying credit and an expansion of the net operating loss carryback break for businesses.”

The current first-time homebuyer credit of up to $8,000 was created in the stimulus law enacted early this year and is set to expire Nov. 30. A compromise version is expected to reduce the maximum tax credit to about $7200, boost income eligibility limits for taxpayers hoping to claim the credit and make it available to existing home owners who’ve owned their homes at least five years.

The stimulus law also contained a net operating-loss carryback provision, but limited it to small businesses. Money-losing companies of all sizes have been pressing for an expansion of that measure all year. Under current law, qualifying businesses can apply this year’s losses to two prior years of taxable profits, obtaining immediate refunds. Businesses want to be able to apply current losses to five years’ prior profits.

In an effort to speed action on this bill, the Majority Leader has filled the “amendment tree.” There’s a somewhat dated but excellent explanation of the “amendment tree” linked here.

Essentially, it prevents members from offering any amendments on the bill unless they are favored by Senator Reid. He has agreement from House Democratic leaders to pass the unemployment extension with the Senate’s modifications listed above, so any additional amendments would threaten to kill the bill.

Thank you Ann for the list. These are the ones who voted against the cloture, but let's not forget Jon Kyl, R-AZ who is the minority whip. He's become Mr No, and he must Go. Lemar Alexander is just as bad.

Your welcome Uda... I hope everyone have a wonderful weekend! Will return on Monday! Keep your fingers crossed!!

Dont these guys understand basic economics?
If there is no money.
Nobody can buy anything. Companies will go under and there will be even less jobs that we cant even find right now!

Wishful thinking...it will not pass next week either as most states i.e. CT have already trigerred the additional 7 weeks of benefits (HEB). No rush to pass the 14/20 weeks Senate version of thr bill yet as this would just interrupt the 7 weeks of HEB. So, Senators will take their time and will not pass this bill until all states are close to exhaust the 7 weeks of HEB.

"If there is no money...Nobody can buy anything"

True. However, 1.5 million Americans who woyld exhaust their benefits bt December 31, 2009 are not enough to create a situation of "there is no money". The fact is that not even 1.5 million have exhausted thie benefits yet. This is just the projected number.

I support the bill as it will help the people who do not have any lifeline of income at the moment but let's keep things into perspective. The numbers of people who have exhausted their benefits are not enough to "brake" the economy or for that matter to "improve" it in any dramatic fashion.

Doesn`t anyone else know that UI extensions, and the $25/wk kicker are NOT authorized to go into 2010? I mean even IF this gets passed and signed by the President next week......oh my
Am I wrong? I heard a senator speak against funding it with the employer tax, " Unemployment will be done in December but the employer tax would continue", paraphrasing of course.

One more thing, if I see another post like this I will vomit.

"this needs to get past threw now"

There are people, with jobs of course who think we are just the deadwood. Times got tough and the crappy, dumba$$ workers were cut. Tough shi*. They come here to feed.
Hopefully having to register will cut out all the 35 y/o STILL living at home with mama knuckleheads who find it the highlight of their day to come in here and spew filth or pose as an illiterate.

I grow weary of this.....really. I would rather play " Let`s drink whats under the sink"

Do you people have your head in the sand or what?
We wont see any more payments this year.

Dear Friends -
We understand that many of you may be under the impression that once the unemployment extension bill is passed, it won't apply to anyone who has already run out of benefits. Let us assure you that is NOT correct. If you have exhausted your full range of federally funded benefits before the passage of this bill, you WILL be eligible for these additional weeks. In that sense, the bill is retroactive in its reach.
However, in another important aspect, the bill is NOT retroactive. You will not receive a lump sum payment dating back to the time when you exhausted benefits. The benefits will only be paid going forward. We know this creates a huge hardship for many of you who exhausted benefits weeks or months ago, and it is one of the things we have been speaking about most strongly as this bill has been delayed time and time again. We know you are falling deeper into debt with each passing week, and we are sorry to say that there is just no possible way that these benefits could have ever been designed to be paid retroactively. However, once the bill is passed, you will know that you will have an additional 14 or 20 weeks to depend on going forward, and we hope that provides you with some measure of reassurance.
We will continue to post daily updates on the progress of this Bill in Congress, and are working tirelessly for the quickest passage possible.

Sincerely,
Andy, Andriette, Tiphany, Rick, Christine, Maurice, Debbie and Judy
The unemployedworkers.org team

From NELP ....can't dispute it !

Guess what...I called CT today. As of November 15th we can file for the 7 weeks HEB (High Extended Benefits). If the Senate Bill passes for the 14/20 weeks additional assistance to all states the 7 weeks will be IMMEDIATELY INTERRUPTED! The 14/20 weeks will kick in. Once those weeks are exhausted and unemployment remains above 8.0% (3 month average rate) then the 7 week HEB will start kicking in again - whatever amount if any is left. In other words, people should not relax that they get the 7 weeks plus the 14/20 weeks. By the time the 14/20 weeks are over the unemployment rate will not be over 8% in many states therefore people will not be able to use it in states that have not remained at 8% or above unemployment. If anyone thinks that it will be 7+14/20=21/27 weeks will be devastated to see that this will not be the case as many think. This info is directly from the DOL in CT - Commissioner Mayfield's office as of today.

"it would be added to the 7 weeks after they ran out."

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Sorry but this is wrong. It will not be added to the 7 weeks. The 7 weeks whatever of it is left will immediately stop that is upn passage of the 14/20 week Senate Bill. Once the 14/20 week is exhausted and unemploymen tremains still at or above 8% (3 month average) then the 7 weeks wikk resume (whatever is left of it for each individual state).

Nothing will happen unless people march peacefully to protest the delay of this bill. We have been telling people for over a month now that swift action is required in order to avoid this kind of outrageous delay in passing this bill. Congress is now convinced that they can not take us too seriously so they will (and they have proven that just fine) delay the bill to play their little internal political games. It is our fault and no one else's that this bill keeps being put aside having become a huge joke in DC. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE !!!

I agree with Tanya. Everyone needed and needs to be pro-active-caling their congressman and senators daily. Send them emails related to the Bill. There was no need for this Bill to sit on a desk for nearly 2 months before anything was done. I think this was one that if acted quickly on, would have helped the economy. Yes, now that it will eventually pass, some people may save their homes, and feed their children, but many have been irreversibly finacially broken due to this. I have read so many heartfelt stories, and I was never big on politics, but I had always voted. I know that I helped vote some of these incompetent Senator's into office, now I will make sure to vote them out!

I hear a lot of sad stories in here. Am I the only one who sells bodily fluids to keep the lights on, gas, internet,food etc?
I sell blood plasma and sperm. For the sperm you must be under 40 and have a degree. plasma $35 twice a week. Sperm $60 twice a week.
It keeps me from having to ask to borrow money.
A female can sell an egg for 10K I have heard. White only of course.If not white they will go through the motions and tell you it " didnt respond well to freezing" so dont bother.Im not just playing poor. The single moms you see in here cryin will be gettin their welfare and their food stamps the first of the month, wont see them in here for a few weeks.
Breed sows lol
most people coming in here saying they are broke,,,,,,,,,,are not really broke.

Tanya on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 04:29

"it would be added to the 7 weeks after they ran out."

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Sorry but this is wrong. It will not be added to the 7 weeks. The 7 weeks whatever of it is left will immediately stop that is upn passage of the 14/20 week Senate Bill. Once the 14/20 week is exhausted and unemploymen tremains still at or above 8% (3 month average) then the 7 weeks wikk resume (whatever is left of it for each individual state).

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GW IN IL on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 14:45

it is not wrong....ultimately they run together..if they stop it.... it is more paperwork.

Dec folks , you wont see see squat untill Dec. Plan for it.

Well, If it doesn't go through until December, we can plan on thousands of more foreclsures, roberry's (illegal activity), and the economy to severely drop as noone will be Christmas shopping. That will really show how much our government cares about us!

You guys can find the latest unemployment thread here:

http://progressillinois.com/2009/11/2/senate-takes-second-ui-vote

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