rssIn South Carolina, Sanford Extends Unemployment Benefits
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 1:23 pm
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How bad is the country’s long-term unemployment problem? Well, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) — who made headlines this year for (among other things) initially refusing federal stimulus money — signed legislation today extending jobless benefits under the stimulus bill.
The Associated Press reports that the bill provides “at least seven weeks of federal extended jobless benefits for South Carolina workers who already had begun losing weekly checks.” And it fixes a legislative glitch that had restricted those benefits:
The Legislature needed to change the rules to collect the extra benefits so that they are triggered by the state’s unemployment rate rather than the number of people drawing unemployment benefits.
Meanwhile, there’s been no word of an agreement on that other unemployment extension bill — the one stalled in the Senate for the past three weeks.
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Comment posted October 29, 2009 @ 2:02 pm
although I am not from South Carolina, i just wanted to say good for you Gov. Mark Sanford, doing whats right for your people, waiting on the senate could take months.
Comment posted October 29, 2009 @ 4:53 pm
I agree, I wish Illinois would do that. Sick of not having a dime to my name and its becoming more difficult that we have to decide where our next $ is coming from.
WTG Gov Mark Sanford
Comment posted October 30, 2009 @ 10:30 am
why does he ok extended unemployment for his state,BUT THE SENATORS ARE A NAY VOTE .WHAT KIND OF CRAP IS THAT!
Comment posted October 31, 2009 @ 12:12 pm
On that “other” unemployment bill, HR3548, our Senator, Jim DeMint is one of a handul of Senators blocking an extension of unemployment benefits. Let’’s get this thing done now.
Tell Jim you want him to vote yes on HR 3548 so we can get our folks the help they need. Click the link below or copy the web address below into your url address bar and fill out a comment form on this topic. Tell him you won’t vote for him again unless he can show he cares for the unemployed here in SC. —
http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseA…
Comment posted October 31, 2009 @ 4:12 pm
On that “other” unemployment bill, HR3548, our Senator, Jim DeMint is one of a handul of Senators blocking an extension of unemployment benefits. Let’’s get this thing done now.
Tell Jim you want him to vote yes on HR 3548 so we can get our folks the help they need. Click the link below or copy the web address below into your url address bar and fill out a comment form on this topic. Tell him you won’t vote for him again unless he can show he cares for the unemployed here in SC. —
http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseA…
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