WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in support of legislation to extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans, which passed the House by a vote of 272 to 152. The legislation passed the Senate yesterday evening, and it will be sent today to President Obama for his signature into law. Below are the Speaker's remarks. On Republican Hypocrisy on Unemployment Benefits:
House votes Democratic Reps. Michael Michaud (2nd District) and Chellie Pingree (1st District)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the extension of Unemployment Insurance benefits: President Obama has said that Americans don't expect Washington to solve their problems, but they rightfully expect government to work for them -- not against them. I agree.
The Senate's failure in late June to pass the jobs/stimulus bill the House sent over sounded the death knell for extension of the research & development tax credit that expired on Dec 31, 2009. At least for now. The credit is used by about 18,000 companies, 70% of them manufacturers. The big issue was the cost of the extension of unemployment benefits. Congress decided one month later that lack of an offset was outweighed by the need to extend the benefits, so it passed H.R. 4213 with only one provision: the unemployment benefits extension.
House Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt Tuesday to extend unemployment benefits for an eighth time since 2008, saying they couldn't stomach adding the $33.9 billion price tag to the deficit. Minutes later, on an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the House approved a bill to extend the deadline for qualifying for the homebuyer's tax credit started in last year's stimulus bill.
The House of Representatives recently voted in overwhelming bipartisan support of legislation to extend unemployment benefits to millions of workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own and cannot find work. The bill, H.R. 6867, was introduced in September by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Income security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA). Chairman McDermott's subcommittee has jurisdiction over unemployment insurance and Chairman Rangel has made helping the American people weather the current economic downturn a top priority of the Ways and Means Committee. H.R. 6867 now moves to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
WASHINGTON | With Republicans citing concerns about the growing national debt, the House rejected a bill Tuesday to extend unemployment benefits for people who have been out of work for long stretches. The House, however, is expected to vote on the bill again as early as today.
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Michael Trupo of the U.S. Department of Labor, +1-202- 693-3414
The Great Recession of the new millennium is accompanied by the longest extension of unemployment benefits in history along with the largest deficit spending. The masterminds believe it will stimulate us back to full employment and therefore economic recovery. What will happen when the Chinese lose hope and call in our trade deficit, war and stimulus markers?
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