Here is the unemployment extension plan the republicans are proposing...

Unemployment Extension: 'What Are They Waiting On?'

While we don't have all the details, in this case the devil is made plain in the general outlines of the Republican proposal," Levin said in a statement. "The plan Republicans presented this morning would slash federal unemployment insurance by more than half, cutting by 40 weeks Americans' eligibility for assistance -- even as we continue to emerge from the worst recession in 80 years. Also very concerning are indications that Republicans may propose undermining access to regular state unemployment benefits in the future."

The GOP's plan would shorten the maximum duration workers can receive federal unemployment benefits from 73 weeks to 33 weeks, CNN reported. Federal jobless benefits kick in for people who don't find work before running out of state aid, which typically lasts 26 weeks. Part of that reduction presumably would come from allowing the federal "Extended Benefits" program -- which supplies the final 20 weeks of aid for workers in states with high unemployment rates -- to phase out in 2012, which will happen anyway unless Congress proactively changes federal law to allow states to remain eligible. The Republican plan could achieve further reductions by incorporating legislation passed by a House committee earlier this year that would allow states to redirect federal jobless funds from benefits to paying down state debt to the federal government....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/unemployment-extension_n_113740...

Is there gonna be a Tier 5? You think there will? I wonder if there's gonna be a Tier 5.

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All the Tier 5 aficionados can still be found here: http://progressillinois.com/news/content/2011/12/04/unemployment-rate-fa...

Well, one diehard aficiondo anyway...
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