Progress Illinois

Contact Senator Kyl who objected to a vote last night. The republicans are playing games with the hardest hit in this economy. 500k out of benefits and facing homelessness. Greed and politics at it's worst.

This needs to be finalized now!! For each day that it is held up,it's another day that a family has to go without food, proper clothing,housing, and money. Many people have already ran out of benefits and are facing eviction.

I sent Senator Kyl an email from his website last night explaining how every minute that goes by, more and more people cannot support their families. This has to be passed quickly. Please send Senator Kyl a message letting him know how mad you are about this.

Yeah right, as if he does not know how mad we are. Are you that much naive? Are you trying to tell him something that he and his office have not see so far in blogs? Trust me, they know. But he cares only about his state and obviously his state is very conservative in hand-outs. Guess what, we are doomed if any other Republicans follow his lead. Don't wast your time with the "CAVEMAN" (you heard his recent comments on "maternity").Senf emailds to all other Republicans and to all Democrats in the Senate and the House so that no votes will be lost. Remember, this bill will still have to go back to the House. No one knows what the Republicans will do there now that the bill has changed to include all states for 14 weeks. So please do not relax. This is not about to pass any time soon no matter what you read. They are going to drag their feet for as long as Obama keeps talking health Care as HE WANTS IT! The Republicans will use this bill to have leverage over the vote doe the Health Care nect week.
Only a peaceful protest in DC and across the country would have put us and our suffering on fron pages. We deserve how we are treated for our complacency. SHAME ON ALL OF US FOR JUST SITTING HOME WRITING IN BLOGS. NOTHIG WAS EVER ACCOMPLISHED BY LAZINESS AND LAZY WE ARE AT THE MOMENT.

Anna that is not fair of you to call people lazy, perhaps they don't have the money to travel to Washington, DC and their only means of expression is through the different blogs. Please be carefrul what you call people . I e-mail and fax the appropriate people along with my follow brothers and sisters who need the unemployment extension bill to be pass ASAP . God Bless You

Contact Senator Kyl: (202) 224-4521. I just called his office. Even if he lives in a "no handout" (not that unemployment insurance is a hand out) state and probably doesn't care it can't hurt to let me know how we feel. Maybe you should call him, I think he's having trouble with his reading skills i.e. he "didn't have enough time" to read a bill that they knew was coming for weeks.

FYI:
http://www.nelp.org/page/-/UI/PR.Senate.Extension.10.08.09.pdf?nocdn=1

Regards,
The People of Hope

This Kyl Dinosaur needs to go. Clearly his brain capacity, let alone his inability to relate to the current unemployment realities, prevent his ability to represent the American taxpayer. Thanks to the cronyism of the past 8 years' administration I am long term unemployed and my previous middle class status is now third world standard. I am one of many unemployed American taxpayers in this very situation who this clown in one motion has denied basic survival. PUHLEEEEZ! Time to move on Kyl. Watch for a powerful new Independent Party coming soon - the seeds have been planted.

Well here we go again. I just exhausted all of my savings towards this months bills, NOW WHAT! I think I will send my bills and grocery list to Arlen Specter or better yet our Noble Peace Prize winner huh?

I have exhausted my unemployment insurance.And for the first time in a year I am not gonna recieve a check.How Am I to pay the bills.Its not like all of us are sitting around sucking up the unemployment.Most of us are out seeking work everyday.Its just not there.I have even went and took a security course.Because rumors were that there were a lot of those jobs available.I got nothing.Its getting harder and harder every day to feed my family.winter is comeing and gas bills are outrageous.They need to sign this extension bill.It is not are fault we are unemployed.It is the governments.Please fix it.and in the meen time,Help us.With more benefits.Please.A loyal tax payer.

I to have tried apply for security, and got nothing. I found myself apply for jobs that I would work when I was 16. I cant even get a job flipin burgers and I'm a college grad. I just got my last unemployedment and I can't even over draw my checking account.

This is crazy! I Worked / paid taxes for over 13 years straight. I was laid off and cant find work anywhere like many posters. I cant believe this extension is taking so long to complete / pass(in full). Good luck people, and remember to vote, don't forget how long this bill took to pass and who held it up! God bless America and the American people.

Hey guys. You can find the latest unemployment-related discussion here:

http://progressillinois.com/2009/10/13/senate-unemployment-benefit-sched...

Thanks for reading!

My husband and I are both unemployed. My husband since March of 08 and cannot find anything, there are just no jobs. I was laid off in April 09. My husband's benefits ran out a couple of weeks ago and I apply for everything under the sun and nothing. They are so worried about passing a health care bill when they need to concentrate on gettin the unemployment extended so people can afford health insurance. My COBRA payment is due by the end of the month and I cannot afford to pay it, or any of my other bills!!!

10 days later...where are those naive bloggers that kept saying that this bill was going to be passed last week? Oh I know, they change their "nicks" and post as different "personas", in order to avoid some creamy flying yogurts, perhaps some ripe tomatoes. Ahahaha! The sad thing is that they kept people from protesting golding peaceful marches around the country because those opposing the protests where people placed here by the politicians and oiur administration.

And the naive people (bloggers) believed them and relaxed. You think that they would be out on the streets peacefully protesting for jobs jobs jobs and not freaking healthcare for all just because Obama - God's Gift to America per Bella Pelosi - cares so much about our health but he does not give a damn whether people have money to put enough food on the table or pay for their shelter.

Well someone here said that you need food to take your pills. Yeah, America will have millions of homeless but these homeless people will all have healthcare insurance! Give us a freaking brake Mr. President!

ALL YOU REPLUBLICANS I HOPE YOU INJOY YOUR LUNCH TODAY BECAUSE I WONT BE HAVING ONE
PLEASE PLEASE STOP BLOCKING THE UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENTION
GOD FORGIVE YOU BECAUSE I WONT

ok, so the Feds passed the extension....now does the State of Illinois decide who's going to receive....I have been unemployed since January of 08.....gone thru what little 401K I had...unemployment ran out 6 weeks ago....I apply for 25 or better jobs aweek....hey they have the cream of the crop to pick from....then 2 weeks later I see the same job open again...finally I picked up a part-time job (14 hours a week)but it's a new business-who knows how long it will stay open,
I'm making less than 1/3 of what I made before....thank god I have the job-aleast I can eat....who knows were I'll get the rent money....God bless all of us....and pray for this country