Senate Hops Last Hurdle Before Final Passage of Unemployment Benefits Extension; DeMint is Only ‘No’ Vote

LETS HOPE THIS IT IT EVERYONE!!!!!

Lets hope they vote today and no one changes their mind

Im keeping my fingers crossed… they have been delaying this long enough

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Why is Mr.DeMint holding this up? URGHHH! Does anyone know or have any ideas how long it will take President Obama to sign this bill when passed? I live in California, I think once passed it will take them 4 weeks at minimum…! I didn't understand Sen Kyl speech about the 30 year anniversary of Iran Hostages right in the middle of the HR3548 voting.

DEMINT you worthless MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if it is not retroactive, even if they vote today it is now too late, as i cannot pay this months rent i am sure i will be in housing court before long. I am sure i am not the only one. So what does this mean a nation with 10% homelessness too?

Kyl is delusion. Hopefully these bumbling morons will get this passed and then they can start arguing about the next extension.

Let's hope someone changes their mind and stalls it again. Time for rice and pudding. GOP JOHNSON DELAY

Anger management classes. GOP JOHNSON DELAY

sadly they probably think they are doing enough for us by just passing it, they dont care how long we have waited for this to be passed, or how far in the hole we have dug ourselves, the republicans want the homeless and the poor % to go up so they can blame Obama…
GOD HELP US ALL!

once again nothing better to do

The longer the better, hail to Mr. DeMint. The 30 year anniversary, health care, environment is more important than this lazy dazy welfare entitlement program.
I think a month should be enough time for YOU to get off the couch and pound the pavement. Get to it. GOP JOHNSON DELAY

Lets hope not.

No more buillets for the republicans.This it, could be today,but most defintely tommorrow.

Just voicing my American opinion just like you. GOP JOHNSON DELAY
Your picture looks like the Speaker of the House.

I just wrote Senator Demint, who does not have labor as a choice for subject, like all other Senators sites I've been to so far. I decided then, that I should send my message to him under the category he has called religious and moral values. His sight boasts of how he loves the American family, and thinks it's the core of a strong America. So, I posted his own words, and then pointed out the hypocrisy of that statement, while he's voting to starve American families! I wrote him a letter explaining what that Bible he's thumpin' says inside of it about what he's doing to his brothers and sisters in Christ. I pleaded for his soul, and for an end to the suffering of those families that are hungry and thirsty, and/or homeless as a result of he and his rich colleagues.

My favorite verse from that letter:

James 5:1-6. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. …Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and with you have withheld, cries out against you; and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

I particularly like the wording at the end of that verse. I reminded the Senator that with over 300 verses about the poor, all saying the same thing about how Christians should treat them, and many more stating serious and grave warnings to those who refuse to do so, that he should probably consider how Christ like his actions are, before he answers for his actions to his father.

I think everyone who is suffering should write the man, and/or call him, or email, and let him know your suffering, and what you think about his choice to deny you the precious lifeline of unemployment insurance.

Here is the senators Web page, if you'd like to send your love!

http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseA…

Conservative, you ain't packin much downstairs ru? It's okay to be wee, just take it out somewhere else, you poor pathetic piece of crap.

This is gonna happen!!

Conservative895:

I know I said I would not repond to any more of your senseless gibberish but, I can see your vocabulary is limited e.g. stomp the pavement, rice and pudding etc. bye Johnson

TO 895 ONCE`AGAIN SHOWING YOUR A AHOLE IF YOU DONT CARE GET OFF! NO ONE HERE WANTS YOUR OPINION. AGAIN WE KNOW YOUR ON UNEMPLOYMENT BUT IM GUESSING YOUR NOT CLOSE YET TO RINNING OUT!!!!! AND WE KNOW U DONT WORK SO FIND ANOTHER SITE TO VISIT AND LEAVE US ALONE ISNT THERE ANOTHER BUNCH OF PEOPLE YOU CAN BOTHER MAYBE A GOP OFFICE THEY WILL LOVE YOU THERE WE THINK YOUR A DICK

Thank heaven for Mike Lillis,you could watch c-span for hours and not a soul on that senate network would explain this delaying proceedural B.S.

Sounds like you have been riding the hobby horse too long. I rest my case, you only care about your little self centered, left wing, free loading welfare entitlement check. People like you can't tolerate another opinion. Best thing you could do is move to Mexico or some other 3rd world country and live like they do. Get the free loading silver spoon out of your mouth. GET A JOB, JOKER.

in this article you stated “The benefits would not be retroactive, meaning that those whose benefits expired (or will expire) before the president signs the bill won’t be eligible for back-pay to fill the gap.” THAT MAY BE TRUE, HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD HAVE STATED THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXUSTED THEIR BENIFITS BEFORE THE BILL GETS SIGNED, WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENIFITS GOING FORWARD AS STATED AT http://WWW.UNEMPLOYEDWORKERS.ORG (see clearifaction of unemployment extension bill)

TO 895 YOUR UNEMPLOYED ALSO HOW ARE YOU PAYING YOUR BILLS IS RUSH LIMBAUGH PAYING YOU TO BA A BUTT BUDDY?

[...] the Senate vote on unemployment insurance that went off a moment ago, it’s worth noting that the only [...]

IS ANYBODY OUT THERE TIRED OD CONSERVATIVE 895? FOR ONE IM SICK OF HIM!!!! I REALLY DO THINK HES RUSH LIMBAUGHS BUTT BUDDY WHAT DO YOU THINK?HES JUST PISSED ITS FINALLY GOING TO BE PASSED

Oh boy, The preacher is back and he wants a precious lifeline of unemployment welfare bennys. You are exploiting the Bible for your precious little greedy gain.
God Bless the Senators, especially the one you can't handle DEMINT. Now go out a buy a can of gold spray paint and paint your throne. You really should stop your blasphemous rhetoric. God Bless You, GOP JOHNSON DELAY

Basically once the bill is signed by Obama then from that moment you will be eligible to recieve $$ even if it takes 4 weeks for it to trickle down to your state DOL. so you may get 3-4 weeks in one check. around beginning of December unless no one changes their mind before the final vote and assuming the house passes it and I read the Pres. is going to asia for 9 days. it is ashame it takes this long but I see that the minority is trying to make Obama look bad. The poor guy took on alot when he came into office. Now he has a house to clean that hasnt been clean in 8 years

895 DROP DEAD

No, I'm voicing my American opinion, which you obviously have a hard time dealing with. As far as packing much downstairs, it's quite large. If you only knew. I hope you are not one of those people that pretends to drop something, so they can get a quick peek. Maybe you lie under glass tables, hoping you are not seen, hmmm. Any how, Go GOP. HUGS JOHNSON DELAY

All I have to say its I am glad I am a registered INDEPENDENT in the state of Illinois! Both parties played political games because Reid could have Invoked cloture, 3 weeks ago and the Republicans showed how low a snake can go, when they introduced amendments regarding ACORN & ILLEGAL ALIENS that were totally unrelated to HR 3548. It will a very long time before I vote Republican again. I am 58 yrs, have worked for 35yrs but loss my job in Feb/2008, what the Republicans have done holding up this bill they way they did has made me sour, very very sour!.

NAME I DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHERE KYL GOT THAT EITHER!!! I KNOW HERE IN FLORIDA ONCE THE PRESIDENT SIGNS IT WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS CHECKS ARE MAILED ALL STATES KNOW THIS EXTENSION IS COMING THEY WILL BE READY TRUST ME THE COMPUTER HAS ALL OUR NAMES IT WONT BE LONG TRY TO PRAY AND HAVE FAITH

YA BABY

I'm the employer.

Remember people,this is politics and we dont know what trick the senate has under their sleeves..We cant assume anything until its final..Lets just take it step by step ..Once its final,then we can start the process of debating on how long its gonna take to recieve benefits.I imagine Cspans ratings are doing pretty well these days cause of this issue.Lets just hope they dont push the 30 hour limit cause of the ratings..you never know!!STEP BY STEP not blow by blow..

No matter what story I log onto he/she is there spewing venom and ignorance WOW.

People it is not welfare, don't let this dribble bother you. The blogger is unhappy and you responding to his ignorance uplifts him.

The bill may be passed this week and then we can start trying to put our lives back together. But until then I encourage all of us to use these sites to offer advice on how to repair the damage done. Maybe you have heard about a company in your area that is hiring or a program that can assist with housing or food concerns.

Let's pull each other up and not let the cyber bullies make us forget about what is important. I assure you if he is an employer who has escaped the effects of this recession/depression it is because his business is bullshit to start with. think about it what legitmate business owner has to time or energy to keep blogging about an event that does not affect him. Crazy.

so if you know of resources that can help your fellow American post them. I am going to finish submitting my resume to a few more places and then see what I can find about resources in PA. If you are in PA, Philly area log onto philly.com there are postings, yes there are a thousand people applying for every job but we have to keep trying.

Will post anything I find later, try to keep your head up.

I am lucky to have a friend that works for a staffing agency and has reformatted my resume. The trick is if you are lucky to even get an interview sell yourself let them know your loyalty and dedication. Sometimes they ask trick questions e.g. if your in the outfield in a baseball game “do you wait for the ball to come to you or reach out and grab it?” I am going to reach out and grab it. resume format is the key to getting attention remember they have stacks of them for each open position. and be prepared to negotiate pay the low ballers get the job but will advance. Format your resume for each position that will show what they may be looking for.

You know politics are like diapers, they constantly are dirty and constantly need changed. This bill needed to pass a long time ago. People are loosing everything they own because of this and because of what the government is doing for them. President Obama is so stuck on the health care issues. Well, we have had health care issues since the beginning of time, my children grew up without medical insurance of any kind. This is a long ongoing issue and yes, it does need to be changed but Obama needs to learn how to prioritize and do what needs to be done first and then so on. The extension needs to pass and needs to pass quickly. You know, eventually all of the people will come together and retaliate against all of the crap that is thrown at them. Oh what will politicians do then? What will the Government do then? We are a lot of people and we have supported our government for a long, long time. But, when our government turns it's back on us, that is a very bad thing…..and something to think about.

georgeanna:

Agreed 90% discussion on healthcare (Obama's seed) 10% on Unemployment

The vote will be today about 4:30-4:40pm

your a hole buddy….guys like you talk all b.s. about who you are and what you may be….but all you really are is someone who is fat and sits behind the wall of a computer screen. Get a life and let these folks debate about what the real issue is. Unemployment! I am not one, but understand the need to extend benefits, folks out there a hurting, and need the extension, and it is far from a handout, for most it will barely put food on the table, pay the lights, and put gas in the car so they can look for work in a job market where there are 2 million jobs and 15 million unemployed. Good luck all and god bless!!

TO JJ7867 AMEN TO YOU SIR AND THANK YOU I CRY ALOT THESE DAYS ESPECIALLY WHEN MY AUTUSTIC TWIN GIRLS ASK WHY WE ARENT DOING FOOD SHOPPING LIKE WE USED TO, OR WHY THEY COULDNT GET NEW SCHOOL CLOTHES THIS YEAR AR REAL STORE INSTEAD OF GOODWILLS! CONSERVATIVE895 SAYS HES A EMPLYER HES FULL OF SHIT!!! HES A MISERABLE MAN WHO LIKES MAKING OTHERS UNHAPPY AND I FEEL HORRIBLE EVRY TIME HE WRITES SOMETHING ABOUT US TAKING WELFARE I WORKED ALL MY LIFE I JUST WANT TO PUNCH HIS FACE

More healthcare talk now

Did anyone notice that if your benefits have already expired (or they will by the time the President signs this) you are not eligible for the extension? Read the article.

YOUR THE EMPLOYER THATS A JOKE!!!!! WHAT KIND OF OU ARE IOEMPLOYER THATS MAKING GOOD MONEY DOING ON A SITE LIKE THIS? IF YOUR DOING SO WELL OU MISERABLE EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING WHY DONT YOU HIRE MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE A LIAR YOUR BENEFITS ARE CLOSE TO RUNNING OUT AND YOU ARE ON HERE TO CHECK WHATS GOING ON JUST LIKE US!! WHOU DIE SIR U WILL BE PAID BACK FOR YOUR BEING SUCH A CRUEL AND VICIOUS MAN.NOW LEAVE US ALONE AND GO RUN YOUR BUSINESS MR BOSS MAN

http://www.unemployedworkers.org/sites/unemploy…

Read this article, and you find out that your statement is NOT true!!

DAN NO HONEY YOU ARE WRONG DONT ET PEOPLE UPSET!! WHAT THE BILL SAYS IS IT WILL NOT BE RETROACTIVE IN OTHER WORDS IF MR OBAMA SIGNS THE BILL FRIDAY NOV6TH THIS WILL BE THE FIRST WEEK THAT WILL PAYABLE TO YOU, IT WILL NOT GO BACK AND PAY YOU IN ONE LUMP SUM THE GAP FROM WHE YOUR BWNWFITS EXPIRES TO NOW!!! IF YOU RAN OUT 5 WEEKS AGO AND GET A CHECK THREE WEEKS NOW YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CLAINM EIGHT WEEKS ONLY FROM THIS WEEK FORWARD I HOPE THIS HELP YOU AND OTHERS GOD BLESS FROM ANGIE IN FLORIDA

I hope your're right. Please explain how I screwed this up.

What the bill says it that it will pay forward for all of those folks that qualify, it doest not pay retroactive to the last time you recieved a check. Peace!!

I just went to De Mint's website, and selected economy.. then wrote this:

I am writing this letter to please urge you to enact additional emergency funding for those that have completed their final round of federally funded unemployment extension, FED-ED. During the first week of September, 2009, I received my last unemployment check, and have struggled more in the last two months, than any during my working career. If something is not done ASAP, I will not have money to pay rent, or food. I am 47, and feverishly looking for work every day, though, with California's unemployment rate as high as it currently is, it has been extremely competitive, and impossible to secure work. Many people I talk with are fed up with the games that are being played between the Republican and Democrats. Why is the GOP tying a home-buyers tax credit to the unemployment extension?? Why is the GOP tying ACORN funding related issues to the unemployment extension?? THIS IS ABSURD!!! YOU SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH OUR LIVELYHOODS!! BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS LEADS TO DEMISE, NOT ONLY FOR THOSE SUFFERING, BUT, THOSE IN POWER!!!! Based on this circumstance of our high unemployment rate, it is crucial you stop the tying of other legislation to unemployment, and quickly work on passing the extension!!! NO MORE GAMES, OR DELAYS!!!!

Thank you Angie-you just saved me a hospital bill from the E.R.

I think the retro measures means if you have or exhust your benefits before the president signs the bill you will not get back pay to when you exhust. Meaning you will only get benefits from the signing on.

MEDICATION TIME, TIME FOR YOUR MEDS.

What if you have been certifying for unemployment even though you weren't being paid? My benefits ran out almost 4 weeks ago. However, because it kept being said that the extension was going to pass any day I kept certifying in the hopes of receiving payments for those weeks. I have certified for 3 weeks which were not paid.

If you haven't read this.. Please, read:

As the Senate idles awaiting a procedural vote on unemployment legislation — a vote that’s held up activity on all other pending legislation and nominations — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this morning offered a solution that might speed things up: “Maybe [Republicans] needed another ACORN amendment,” Reid said, with no lack of sarcasm. “Maybe that would be something that would please them.”

The idea roused the interest of Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), who continued the improvised sketch before the empty chamber.
“I think it’s been a full two weeks since we’ve had an ACORN amendment on the floor,” Durbin said. “So clearly it’s time for us to move to one of the highest priorities many Republicans see in the nation. I wonder if we ought to consider more ACORN amendments in hopes of moving legislation.”

To be fair to Republicans, they insisted on an ACORN amendment as part of the unemployment bill for only a few weeks, dropping that demand more recently in favor of provisions to end the Wall Street bailout and fund the unemployment insurance extension using unspent stimulus money.

This guy needs to be brought to his knees!!! WRITE and BOMBARD him with all you have!!!!

WHEN IS THE VOTE/ ITS 5:15 ALREADY? IF THEY DONT PASS TONIGHT THE HOUSE CANT PASS IT TOMMORROW AND HAVE OBAMAMS IGN IT FRIDAY BEFORE HE LEAVES FOR ASIA FOR 9 DAYS IF THAT HAPPENS WE WONT A CHECK UNTIL AFTER XMAS

Did I see you on the Springer show in that cat fight. Maybe it was let's make a deal. You were dressed up as a dumpy democrat. GOP JOHNSON DELAY

I just wrote the MF, Durbin, of Illinois..

I just read something that repulses me relating to you! How dare you continue to play games with people of the United States livelyhoods! Extending unemployment is not a game, MR. SENATOR!! You need to be brought down, based on these kinds of acts, and quickly, voted out, impeached from your position! You are the lowest of low!

“As the Senate idles awaiting a procedural vote on unemployment legislation — a vote that’s held up activity on all other pending legislation and nominations — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this morning offered a solution that might speed things up: “Maybe [Republicans] needed another ACORN amendment,” Reid said, with no lack of sarcasm. “Maybe that would be something that would please them.”

The idea roused the interest of Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), who continued the improvised sketch before the empty chamber.
“I think it’s been a full two weeks since we’ve had an ACORN amendment on the floor,” Durbin said. “So clearly it’s time for us to move to one of the highest priorities many Republicans see in the nation. I wonder if we ought to consider more ACORN amendments in hopes of moving legislation.”

To be fair to Republicans, they insisted on an ACORN amendment as part of the unemployment bill for only a few weeks, dropping that demand more recently in favor of provisions to end the Wall Street bailout and fund the unemployment insurance extension using unspent stimulus money.”

You MR. DURBIN, are pathetic!!! I hope the people of this great nation see you for what you are, and vote you out of office, maybe even run you out of town!

YOU SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WITH OUR LIVELYHOODS!! BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS LEADS TO DEMISE, NOT ONLY FOR THOSE SUFFERING, BUT, THOSE IN POWER!!!! Based on this circumstance of our high unemployment rate, it is crucial you stop the tying of other legislation to unemployment, and quickly work on passing the extension!!! NO MORE GAMES, OR DELAYS!!!!

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by craignewmark, roadkillrefugee, louise_fletcher, Desert Beacon, lkmcgann and others. lkmcgann said: Jim DeMint wants to get to the bottom of ACORN before you can get your unemployment benefits. http://bit.ly/4ifpY1 [...]

EVERYONE THEY ARE VOTING NOW ON CSPAN THEY ARE TAKING ROLL CALL AND THEN VOTING KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED!!! GOD BLESS US NOW!!!!

Everyone needs to blast the Republican Leader with calls and emails relating to the passing of unemployment extension:

http://republicanleader.house.gov/Contact/

NO MORE POLIITICAL GAMES OR DELAYS!!!!!!!!

Vote is passed 98 yea 0 nay

Thank the Lord, it has passed! Until next time folks!!!!

HEY CONSERVATIVE 895 SORRY WE WONT BE HEARING FROM YOU ANY MORE IT HAS PASSED NO THANK TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU!!! I WANT YOU TO KNOW YU UPSET ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE REACHING OUT FOR A KIND WORD UNTIL I DIE ILL NEVER FORGET YOU OR THAT NAME YOU USE 895 I WILL CURSR U TILL THE DAY I DIE TO EVERYONE ELSE CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK TO YOUALL AND GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILIES AND I HOPE WE ALL FIND A GOOD JOB SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, DeMint, after all, is demented.

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You know its great that they have finallly passed the unemployment extention, but I think it is ridiculous that its not retroactive, if yours has already ran out. For one thing if you've borrowed from people to live on thinking you would be able to pay it back if the extention passed, think again. Most people are so far behind on all their bills, they were counting on this back pay to get caught up. This is just wrong. What are they thinking?

My daughters unemployment ran out early in Sept. . and she is now not going to get one dime of retro pay. What is the purpose of no retro pay? How else can a person catch their bills up? 'I am still happy that it finally passed, but who would have thought that you wouldnt get retro pay. As everyone always has in the past.

Conservative, you are sadly misguided if you don't realize that Jesus wanted nobody to go hungry, or homeless, and if you think that's blasphemous, I'd hate to be you. I'm not in any way exagerating or exploiting the bible and if you read it, you'd know that there are over 300 verses in the bible that explain what God thinks of the rich and the greedy, and of those who don't treat the poor well, or help them when they can.

I should think that if God writes something in the good book, over 300 times, all pointing to the same basic principle, that as the Bible puts it if a man has two tunics, and another man has none, than the man with two should give his to the man with none, then I should think that it would be pretty clear exactly WWJD in the position of Mr. Demint, who boasts good christian values.

If you believe that the Bible is lying about it being easier for a camel to pass through they eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, or that allowing your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to go homeless and hungry while you are fat, I fear you sir are the blasphemer, so I'd be careful when you point that finger, and hurl such misguided statements.

UE benefits, are insurance. Insurance that costs the taxpayer NOTHING, and that cost the employer (which according to your GOP is then taken from the employee in the form of lesser pay, their words, not mine). It is only $14 per year, or 26 cents a day, and we all paid into it, according to your own party! Why then sir, since it is insurance, that apparently we ourselves pay for in the form of lesser pay, during OUR ENTIRE LIVES that we work, (which so far for me is almost 20 yrs, without a single day until this recession without a job), should I now not beable to collect on that insurance which I paid into all these years with my own money, and not your precious tax dollars? More importantly, how does any of it hurt you? Especially enough to warrant your vomiting ugliness, judment, and childish insults upon many many of your fellow American tax paying citizens, in their hour of greatest need?

I suppose what made you the angriest is that I pointed out that God is not on the side of the rich, the greedy, and most importantly, those who turn a blind eye to the suffering of their fellow man? I suggest you read the good book for yourself and study what exactly the thing says, you might learn a thing or two, and become a nicer person, which the rest of us would love.

I'm not even going to address the personal attacks, as they are not only miguided, but like many of your comments rather childish. To be as mean spirited, unsympathetic, judgemental, rude, immature, and crass as you've recently been to many of those on this forum, it strikes me as funny that you would even bother to pretend that you know the definition of the word blasphemous, or rhetoric for that matter…

Why do try and remove the splinter from your brothers eyes and yet ignore the planks in your own sir? You must have had an awful life to be this bitter and cold and hardened in your heart.

Also I found it extremely funny that you called me preacher, as if it were an insult. lol

I'd stop spreading so much ugliness, and go back to your playstation if I were you.

Dear Maggie,

Sorry to hear that, many are in the same position as your daughter. Unfortunately, we as citizens don't seem to be nearly as important to the Senate as the banks and the big businesses. It was a sad decision on the part of the lawmakers, not to make it retroactive, and it will most certainly cause much unnecessary human suffering, and a much harder time for many Americans trying to crawl out of the debt that being laid off due to no fault of your own in this time of recession has caused.

I will keep you and especially your daughter in my prayers, along with everyone who is suffering in this shattered economy.

The bad news is that thought Obama is expected to sign it tomorrow, from what I've read, none of us will see an actual check until mid december, which is unfortunately too long for many who are behind on their rent, and ready to lose either their home, or their car, etc. This is part of why I, along with many others have been proactive in urging the Senate to take action quickly! If the GOP's attempts at bogging it down had not occured, from what I read, we all would have gotten our first checks prior to Thanksgiving, but as it now stands.

The good news is that we should get paid before Christmas! Also, from what I understand, the timeclock for our pay will start as soon as the president signs the bill. At the latest, the period they will pay your daughter for will begin starting Next week. This means that even though your daughter won't get a U.E. check until Mid December, by that time, she should get back pay from the date the president signs it until the date they catch her up to the date they send the first check of course. I hope that help will arrive sooner!

God Bless.

Like I said before, change the batteries in your shininglight. You might want to take your Bible and bang it over your head a few times.
Praise be to Jesus, you might wake up and realize that the Republican and Democrats are a bunch of idiots. Now get the 2 by 4 out of your eye and pound the pavement and bring in the bacon. You have14 to 20 weeks left. Make good use of it. Also this is the beginning of the end of liberalism. Wait till 2012. Now take your blasphemous ass to a good church, not a cult. You might learn something. GGGGGOOOOOOOPPPPPPPP JOHNSON

Like I said before, change the batteries in your shininglight. You might want to take your Bible and bang it over your head a few times.
Praise be to Jesus, you might wake up and realize that the Republican and Democrats are a bunch of idiots. Now get the 2 by 4 out of your eye and pound the pavement and bring in the bacon. You have14 to 20 weeks left. Make good use of it. Also this is the beginning of the end of liberalism. Wait till 2012. Now take your blasphemous ass to a good church, not a cult. You might learn something. GGGGGOOOOOOOPPPPPPPP JOHNSON

TO 895 YOU KEEP BELIEVING THE GOP WILL BE BACK IN 2012 YOU ARE A IDIOT!! MORE OF WHAT BUSH DID? YEAH RIGHT MAYBE SOME NEW GOP WILL HAVE A IMAGINARY NUCLEAR PLANT IN IRAQ AGAIN SO HE TOO CAN MAKE BILLIONS WITH HIS ENRON BUDDDIES AT THE COST OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS DYING YOU AN ASSHOLE,

Conservative, you are sadly misguided if you don't realize that Jesus never wanted anyone to go hungry, or homeless, and if you think that's blasphemous, I'd hate to be you. I'm not in any way exagerating or exploiting the bible and if you read it, you'd know that there are over 300 verses in the bible that explain what God thinks of the rich and the greedy, and of those who don't treat the poor well, or help them when they can. I simply informed the senator of the views of the gospel, and expressed concern for his soul, which in the bible is the way you are to handle it if your brother strays. I'm sorry that you don't seem to be familiar with any of this, and that it seems to anger you so that I try and help the Senator by informing him of the warnings the good book contains, as well as the moral lessons.

I should think that if God writes something in the good book, over 300 times, all pointing to the same basic principle, that as the Bible puts it if a man has two tunics, and another man has none, than the man with two should give his to the man with none, then I should think that it would be pretty clear exactly WWJD in the position of Mr. Demint, who boasts good christian values as a major part of the reason you should vote for him.

I'm not the one using God for my campaign so that I can gain money and power. I'm not the one who says abortion is murder and those who commit it are going to hell according to the bible, and then turns my back on helping the poor and allows them to go hungry, or turns my back on a public healthcare plan sentencing thousands to death who can not afford care.

If you believe that the Bible is lying about it being easier for a camel to pass through they eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, or that allowing your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to go homeless and hungry while you are fat, I fear you sir are the blasphemer, so I'd be careful when you point that finger, and hurl such misguided statements.

UE benefits, are insurance, not welfare, try being informed instead of just opinionated, it will help the world be a bit better place I think if you open your mind, and learn to think for yourself and research the facts. My “welfare bennys” as you put it, are insurance that costs the taxpayer and you personally NOTHING, not a single solitary dime! They cost the employers, the businesses (and according to your own beloved GOP the money is then taken from MY PAY, FROM ME THE EMPLOYEE in the form of lesser pay). Do you even listen to what your own party says, or is it just Rush Limbaugh?

My insurance, which I now need for the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, is only $14 per year, or 26 cents a day, and it's PAID FOR BY ME, according to your own party! Why then sir, since it is insurance, that I pay for in the form of lesser pay, during MY ENTIRE LIFE that I work, (which so far for me is almost 20 yrs, without a single day until this recession without a job, since I was 16 yrs old), should I now not be able to collect on that insurance which I paid into all these years with my own money, and not your precious tax dollars? I wonder sir, if you have life insurance, and if when you die, and your wife collects it, will that be welfare?

More importantly, how does any of this hurt you in any way? Especially enough to warrant your vomiting ugliness, miguided statements, and childish insults upon the rest of us hard working tax paying Americans?

I suppose what made you the angriest is that I pointed out that God is not on the side of the rich, the greedy, and most importantly, those who turn a blind eye to the suffering of their fellow man? Is that because you're afraid of the truth?

I suggest you read the good book for yourself and study what exactly the thing says, you might learn a thing or two, and become a nicer person, which the rest of us would love. Believe it or not, I would like to see you get some help really sir, we are all connected in this world, and the bitterness and ugliness that appears to consume you directly, and indirectly impacts us all in a negative manner. Here's hoping!

I'm not even going to address the personal attacks, as they are not only miguided, but like many of your comments rather childish. To be as mean spirited, unsympathetic, judgemental, rude, immature, and crass as you've recently been to many of those on this forum, it strikes me as funny that you would even bother to pretend that you know the definition of the word blasphemous, or rhetoric for that matter…

Why do try and remove the splinter from your brothers eyes and yet ignore the planks in your own sir? You must have had an awful life to be this bitter and cold and hardened in your heart towards those you are supposed to love as brothers.

Also I found it extremely funny that you called me preacher, as if it were an insult. lol I'll take that as a compliment.

Dear Maggie,

Sorry to hear that, many are in the same position as your daughter. Unfortunately, we as citizens don't seem to be nearly as important to the Senate as the banks and the big businesses. It was a sad decision on the part of the lawmakers, not to make it retroactive, and it will most certainly cause much unnecessary human suffering, and a much harder time for many Americans, who are trying to crawl out of the massive pits of debt that they are now in, thanks to losing their jobs in this troubled economy.

I will keep you and especially your daughter in my prayers, along with everyone who is suffering in this shattered economy.

The bad news is that even though Obama is expected to sign it tomorrow, from what I've read, none of us will see an actual check until mid december, which is unfortunately too long for many who are behind on their rent, and ready to lose either their home, or their car, etc. This is part of why I, along with many others have been proactive in urging the Senate to take action quickly! If the GOP's attempts at bogging it down had not occured, from what I read, we all would have gotten our first checks prior to Thanksgiving, but as it now stands.

The good news is that we should get paid before Christmas! Also, from what I understand, the timeclock for our pay will start as soon as the president signs the bill. At the latest, the period they will pay your daughter for will begin starting Next week. This means that even though your daughter won't get a U.E. check until Mid December, by that time, she should get back pay from the date the president signs it until the date they catch her up to the date they send the first check of course. I hope that help will arrive sooner!

God Bless.

TO 895 YOU KEEP BELIEVING THE GOP WILL BE BACK IN 2012 YOU ARE A IDIOT!! MORE OF WHAT BUSH DID? YEAH RIGHT MAYBE SOME NEW GOP WILL HAVE A IMAGINARY NUCLEAR PLANT IN IRAQ AGAIN SO HE TOO CAN MAKE BILLIONS WITH HIS ENRON BUDDDIES AT THE COST OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS DYING YOU AN ASSHOLE,