Stabenow’s Standalone UI Extension Bill

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I hope to God this works — for so many of us. I am thankful to Senator Stabenow for trying to push this through.

We really need this!!!… I'm currently unemployed been accepted to my local police departments academy but due to budgets i dont know when ill be starting . .. . im a disabled veteran ive been a good honest individual doing the right thing

ME ALS HAD A JOB FOR 25 YEARS AND NOW NOTHING

PLEASE GET THIS NEW UI BILL PASSED RIGHT AWAY

THANK YOU DEBBY STABENOW (MI) FOR THE SUPPORT AND

LOOKING OUT FOR THE MILLIONS THAT CANT FIND WORK!

Faith in God, God is big, he used a woman who refused the bill and now she is turning around for us. Unemployed republicans should take a note of this. If they can even support them, then why vote for them. I hope God touches these people. Evil needs to leave their bodies.

Thank you Senator Stabenow for having the courage to help millions of Americans during this difficult time.

good luck and thank you for trying to do the right thing.

Please let this pass fast I could save the roof over my head… then we need to fight for the 99ers I pray I have a job before I get there….

I am desperate!! cannot pay the rent by July 1st, my telephone land-line has been cut off by AT&T this week and I am still reeling from the shock of being thrown off the cliff by the Senate's refusal to renew benefits as was expected.

How can this be? This is a 1st world Nation! Throwing 1 million plus individuals and families off UI benefits WITHOUT any prior advanced warning or preparation -it is unconscionable! sickening and an act of violence and treason by the American Government against its own people!

Thank-you Senators Snowe and Stabenow for your efforts to help those of us who can no longer hang on anymore.

Pleas get this done THIS week!

PLEASE!

With all the time and dificulty it has been to try and get unemployment extensions passed, you have to wonder. Do the Democrats and Republicans even care about passing it? Both isdes seem to be using the issue just to point fingers at one another why the unemployed worry about food and shelter. I don't see this passing unless there is more support from republicans. You know what they will say! It must be payed for! It's funny how they are so worried about the deficit now!

UI is paid for by businesses. That's why I don't get the fight. This bill will cost .0000037% of our debt now. The older I get, it seems like America is more concerned with others than it's own. And to all of you who say we're just sitting around collecting “free” money – I have paid into this for 30 years, served in a war, and now am fighting to keep my family afloat. It is VERY hard finding work now, I have put out over 2500 resumes, attended numerous job fairs, and Yes- I'm educated. WE all need this extension………..

THANK YOU! Thank you for standing up for those that need your help the most!!!!

Thank you Ms. Stabenow…..

I am praying that this one passes. My mortgage payment is 29 days past due. I don't want it to be foreclosed on. I am also praying i'll have a job soon so that my family will never have to go through this again.

its true its S3520 was introduced last tuesday , its in committee atm

GOD BLESS DEBBIE STABNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we need to keep calling them it not over or a done deal yet. any body got sen brown of ohios number????? http://www.unemployed-friends.com join in !!!!

I would like to hope something is going to happen on this today, but they are taking this time to eulogize Senator Byrd.

Please help Main Street. Wall Street got their billions and billions and
killed the real estate market at the same time. My house is underwater,
was laid off and can't refiance at lower mortgage rates.
Where's the jobs? Where's the stimulus money? God help us!

I am not a lazy person that is just waiting for this to run out. At 59 years, not one job has been offered. I worked 36 years at the same job before they closed the doors, lost half my 401K to the downturn, the rest went to pay for the cancer treatments my wife had before she died. I am clinging to my small house and my 12 year old dog, but now I just may have to let the house go. I will not put my dog down and nobody wants one that old. I hope I am around to vote this fall and the next election!

My mortgage is also past due 29 days and after 30-31 days, and by law it's then reported to the credit bureau. I can't even afford cobra and had to get assistance from the makers of Plavix from a heart attack (cholesterol blockage) I had in Oct, 08. I made too much to get food stamps, even tho it puzzles me why eligibility was based on my income when I was employed. A friend of my son, who worked at Subway a few days a week, married with 1 kid couldn't even get food stamps because he made too much. Amazing.

In reality, the money to pay for the unemployment extensions has always been there in unused stimulus funds. The Republicans wanted to use that, the Democrats did not. Both sides of the aisle should be ashamed. The Democrats for not using money that's already there and blaming the Republicans for obstruction. And the Republicans for not see the worst economy since The Great Depression worthy of emergency spending. Like 2 spoiled rich kids on the playground argueing over who gets the swing 1st. What a country.

I am a middle class american in California, we need to get this bill passed not only for myself but for all those who have made constant efforts in search of work and have paid into UI insurance for many years – this simply is not fair and if the extension does not pass I know so many people that would be out on the streets, it's a very scary thought. May God speak to the elected officials who are holding us hostage.

This bill is NOT an “extension” of UI. I wish people would quit lying about this. This is only moving filing dates back. Those of us who have exhausted all possible tiers are screwed over–again.

i hope this isnt bs, people dont need another emotional rollercoaster.

From what i read this Bill will only help people on tier 1,2 or 3. Anyone that is ending tier 4 will not get anything else, no extra 20 weeks like before. They need to make a tier 5 and keep the 20 week extension until we get the unemployment back down.

ok, we WILL get the 20weeks of EB after tier 1-4 , we will get them through the end of december. if any has questions about EB, go to unemployed friends site, before you post what you “think” here. HOWEVER, we need ONE more republican to get on board. Sen Byrd died today, a long standing democrat. Brown from Mass needs to get on this one or this will never happen. BTW, to all you democrat hateing jerks, what has YOURE republican senator done for you lately.

My hart goes out to you with the loss of your wife. I to am older and unemployed. It would be difficult at our age to find work under good circumstances much less now. I too have an older dog that I worry about everyday as to what is going to happen to him if I have to leave my home. These are very basic things in life and it is a shame as citizens of the U.S.of A. that we go to bed at night with these worries.

proof their isnt a god, Cheany was realeased from the hospital

If they are worried about the debt,let all government leaders cut their pay one third. Also take all money for anything outside of the USA and give it to extended unemployment. Charity begins at home.

Thank you smg I have been watching cnn throughout the day and all I have heard is about Senator Byrd. I don't mean to be disrespectful of this man but we need the Senates attention to be on passing the ui extension.

we are still gonna need one more republican to get on board, byrd died today

They have not done SQUAT for me that's what. That is why I wrote them all telling them that after 25 years of voting Republican I will not be this fall!

this bill if passed should add weeks in tier VI so 99ers could recive more help or a tier 5. Please don,t leave 99ers high and dry

this bill is clean, S3520 , its in committee atm, however if it does pass, one has to wounder, if the DNC gets seats in november and doesnt loose any, maby we will get a t5 in december

Ill tell you who the problem is….Its all POLITICANS!!! Here is the stange thing..Stabenow actually introduced this bill on Tuesday, before the full vote was taken on the full bill THURSDAY. Snowe sent a letter to Reid saying that she would support a stand alone bill if introduced. Reid made a statement saying that jobs was as important as UI and that he needed UI to advance the jobs agenda…(This all sounds like the only soap opera) Now the weird thing is ALLL this time, Stabenow supposedly had ALREADY introduced a stand alone bill?!?!? Something doesnt sound right…Well its put up or shut up time because its clear what people are voting from (that extenders bill had ALOT of pork in it)..so lets see.

not in the history of the united states have we turned our back on the unemployed when the rate was above 7.5%, never has it been alowed to lapse. untill now, even at 9.5% God bless Debbie Stabenow, and god bless the people of the good state of MI.

god bles you-someday they all will stand before thier maker-if we are lucky some of them sooner than later-at leat god should pick the bad before the good

sad he died -but he doesn't have to eat-my kids do

Please God, soften the hearts of these Godless republicans.I don't know anybody that wants to collect unemployment. I wish some of these republicans could see what it's like to live in a perpetual state of fear the way I have for the last 12 months. I simply don't believe this great nation will cut so many innocent throats.

EVERYtime in history when the unemployment gets over 7.5%, UI is extended under emergency spending. Its has NEVER been fought, until now. BOTH sides are playing games with people's lives. The vote doesn't pass – Thune wants to pass a 30 immediately (which would help now, right?) – Dems say “no”, WTF is going on?

I'm republican also Joe and for all the advancements the party made over the last year they pick the one issue that just slams the “average Joe” pardon the pun. I attend night school to get a better job, throw newspapers in the middle of the night and job search in the daytime and now I'm lazy and cut off. Well if dems push this through then they have my support!

Isn't it interesting that the politicians & banks actually got us in this situation, and now they don't want to do a goddamn thing to help us struggling Americans! Politicians get to rake in their $150,000.00+ salaries for making shitty decisions that effect US -THE TAX PAYERS and we are at their mercy!

And as of last week these Senators have had the audacity to speak about unemployed Americans about this matter by saying;
Unemployment spoils people:
“…we have put in so much entitlement into our government that we really have spoiled our citizenry and said you don't want the jobs that are available.” – Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle

Unemployment makes people not want to work:
“…if anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work.” – Republican Senator John Kyl

Unemployment makes people lazy:
“We shouldn't turn the 'safety net' into a hammock. It should actually be a 'safety net.'” – Republican Rep. Steve King

Unemployment will turn people into hobos:
Republican Rep. Dean Heller said the current economic downturn and policies may bring back the hobos of the Great Depression – people who wandered the country taking odd jobs… “I believe there should be a federal safety net,” but he questioned the wisdom of extending unemployment benefits yet again to a total of 24 months, which Congress is doing. “Is the government now creating hobos?” he asked. -Elko Daily Free Press

This by far is the MOST degrading thing a U.S. Senator has ever said, implying that ALL unemployed people are drug addicts! Maybe this guy should look at who the drug addict is! I would think for someone that should be out for the good of our country and the citizens of the United States, that you would find it acceptable to speak about this situation as if it is OUR FAULT!

People who collect unemployment are drug addicts:
“We should not be giving be giving cash to people who… who basically are just going to blow it on drugs.” – Republican Senator Orrin Hatch
People who collect unemployment are like animals:
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better.” -Republican Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer South Carolina

*off soapbox now*

Don't even think about putting the dog down! If you have mortgage payments don't pay them and don't leave the house! The reality is it takes banks on the average 420 days to actually foreclose and with all this going on that number will probably be closer to 2 years by the time 420 days comes! Get a job to keep the lights on and the dog fed! The brains will eventually realize that if we all default on our mortgages then banks can't pay back TARP money! Bottom line is the Gov. has to give it to us so we can give it to the banks so the banks can give it back to the Gov.!

Let's hope this passes, and credit to Stabenow and to Snowe. So far as I can see both parties have been gaming this issue, looking to score points with the unemployed twisting helpless in the political winds. It's obscene to see what both sides have chosen to do to the most helpless as they wield power. I do very much hope that Tier V happens as well as the COBRA subsidy to be extended for the full duration of unemployment. The folks 'benefiting' from these are overwhelmingly hard-working folks desperately trying to find work when there are 5.5 job-seekers for every opening, all of which was brought to us courtesy of BOTH parties as they pandered to Wall Street. I've always been a moderate, but I swear to heaven at this point they may not be turning me into a Marxist but they are certainly making me very much aware that there are real class issues in this country and damn it we need to address them. Why is it that someone born with advantages and privilege is labeled a 'creator of wealth' just because they inherited wealth and/or position and get to make the decisions that matter. Why does 'Free Enterprise' mean that folks with the most money, i.e., 'Capital' get to make the decisions for everyone else? Is this really so different from Lords of the Manor? We need to learn a lesson and make some changes and, yes, not letting the folks who live up on the hill tell us what's good for us and make all the rules.

While I hope this passes for those of you it will help, it will do nothing for me and thousands like me who have reached the end of the line. (1 week left on t4)

I am not a bum, lazy or anything else Ohio is at 10.9% unemployment and jobs are hard to find. I have worked full time sense I was 17, I am now 43 and this last 2yrs (give or take) is the first time I have ever even used unemployment. I hope when my house is forceloused on we can find someplace to go..

The Stabenow Bill has a snowball chance in hell of passing. She has including everything in her bill that most in Congress are against approving so why is she wasting our time by playing politics with our minds? If she really cared she would have not included the extra $25 and had offset at least part of the bill with some other source. Otherwise, we all know this will not get enough votes to even come to the floor.

I'm 38 yrs old and worked my entire life paying taxes. Since becoming unemployed I've downsized everything, and live 4 people in a 2 bed room apt to conserve. Thanks to the lack of jobs, and my U.I. tier 1 benefits ending, now it appears that I'll be homeless in approx. 1 month, and have zero healthcare and a genetic heart condition to deal with.
Thanks a lot republicans. You call yourselves christians and good americans. Shame on you. You will never get my vote ever again.
Thanks for helping every nation on earth except your own. End this endless, pointless, multi-trillion war, and bring the money back home.
Thanks for selling out our culture for your monetary gain.
Outsourcing is un-american.

U don't deserve it. Drive south and punch a Ky politician for us all. I want to say I'm joking, but what exactly is their problem???

well they could extend tier 4 at least creating maybe an additional 13 weeks and restoring it to them that have already exhausted theirs. However they can restart the 1-4 but then again … a few months from now they will have to extend again….. honestly how many people are shooting for tier 4? …. it only lasts 6 weeks anyway. If they are going to make an extension til Nov. sometime they may as well as make it for all unemployed the exhausted and the tier seekers… if not … its going to be a little late after this month and more and more of you become a 99er and then what? … economists don't see any significant change in unemployment rate anymore this year…. this will be an ongoing situation for a long time to come… so you all enjoy up til tier 4 and i hope it works out great for you but still there are several hundred thousand of people out there that will be … dumpster diving for their next meal. ….. its too much confidence in this crooked government to think they would have the brains to do things the right way.

It's politics, and it's very ugly politics. Unfortunately, in the real world when things get ugly, so do people – it isn't like the movies. Even in WW2, for example, which only stretched from Dec 1941 to Sept 1945 for the US, Roosevelt (who was, however one feels about him in other respects, certainly a superb judge of the American public) advanced the invasion of Japan plans by a year over the objections of the Generals because he knew the American public wouldn't behind the war much longer (the Atomic Bomb hadn't been tested yet at the point he made that decision, and that obviated the need for an invasion, fortunately). Yet the myth is that America pulled together to go the distance. Under stress most people and most nations turn on one another and that's what we're seeing now – and Obama (who I supported, heaven help me, I should have known better) and the Republicans are equally guilty and equally ineffective, as far as I'm concerned. There is still a *lot* of bad debt out there, and until it's written off this won't be over, it will drag on for years and years and years. Yet the creators of that bad debt have been protected at vast cost (still ongoing via interest-free money to banks at the Federal Reserve) and the 'little people' left to the winds of chance. It should have been the other way 'round, of course, with government resources committed to keeping the victims of economic greed and madness afloat while the debts were written down and the bankers left to go bankrupt. Instead we did the opposite, both with Bush and with Obama. This is very, very, very ugly, and heaven help us it's likely to get worse.

I am so sorry for your loss. I pray the extension is passed this week and you will be able to pay your bills like many of us. This is CRAZY, I pray that the stand alone bill is passed this week.

RE: An Open Letter to All Senators of the United States

Your Honorable Senator;

You bailed out the financial institutions, you bailed out the auto industry, you bailed out the trillion dollar insurance industry, you continue to bail out two “not wanted” military occupations in foreign lands, all because you state, “they are to big to fail.”

Now you won’t even bail out the American people who have supported and paid for all of these bailouts. You have turned your backs on those who have suffered the most, those who are about to or have already lost their homes, livelihoods, and most of all, those who have children to feed, with nowhere to turn. Instead of the American dream, you have created the American nightmare.

The American people have lost faith in what appears to be a broken two-party system. I urge you to immediately restore that faith, take a stand, and bring forth a correct measure to extend benefits to the unemployed and end these wars, the promise you promised to do. Show the American people that you can remove yourselves from the politics, do this now! I urge you and pray you will pay attention and listen. God bless America and God bless you.

Charley Miller
charleymiller2010
Unaffiliated for Colorado's US Senate

Senator Stabenow is now introducing S 3520 to get unemployment insurance extended as a standalone. Sign your name to get this passed…http://www.change.org/petitions/view/tell_the_house_and_congress_to_pass_stabenows_s3420…search s3420…and sign! Now please before it is to late!

I cut and pasted this but it seems we need to follow and write letters like this to our Senators

Please pass this on thanks

Does the bill help anyone who is receiving extended benefits (20 weeks)? Cant seem to get info on that.

We need a tier 5 ASAP! I've paid into this for over forty years it's time to help our own people for once! Stop wasting billions on third world countries that hate us.

Congress has no problem with 'emergency' spending on a war costing $120 billion/yr, for which our troops are dying for a doomed strategy (trying to stabilize a country that can't be stabilized rather than simply raiding and killing terrorists). Nor for things the Pentagon doesn't even want, like the second engine for the F-35. Yes, there's enormous amounts of liberal pork, too. They've spents hundreds of billions to save their banker friends and they're spending more, every minute, now – but the unemployed desperately seeking work – 'tough love' is the prescription for them, because they have no influence and can't stuff the politicians' campaign funds full of crisp shiny new bills. One way or another, this country is desperately in need of a revolution. The Declaration of Independence is the fundamental founding document of the land, not the Constitution, which is later, dependent upon it, and merely prescribes details of structure. The Declaration says that when the government fails to serve the people the people are required to overthrow the government. Perhaps we ought to start taking it seriously. Perhaps we need a revolution, a new constitutional convention, and a new government – or the states ought to secede and bring power down to a possibly more manageable level rather than being the feeble helpless corrupt creatures they are in our present system. I don't have the answers, but we need to start looking for them, because this country is deeply corrupt, deeply dysfunctional, and is *dying*. Look around. Yes, in the meantime do everything in your power to persuade these corrupt game-players of both parties that those unemployed through no fault of their own and desperately seeking work which doesn't exist don't need 'tough love' they need to be kept alive, if only barely, until things, one way or another, begin to function again – in case anyone has noticed, the banks aren't lending money to businesses, they're hoarding it all on their balance sheets.

I'm not certain, but my understanding is that it would extend all present supplementary tiers including EB. I may be wrong, but I think that's the case.

OK, im going to play he good cop bad cop bit. I was unemployed recently, and while i didn't collect the unemployment i was entitled to, i do feel for those who have it cut off due to politics. The GOp is a joke. None of these people were to be found when Bush ran up the debt. Clinton left office with less than a 2 tril deficit.Bush is responsible for the lions share of this debt and now the GOP has suddenly become born again fiscal conservatives..This is election year politics..having said all that let me say NOBODY should need 99 weeks of unemployment..that's deadbeat syndrome. You will not get that 80k a year job back so dont hold out for it..you will have to take something 45k ..99 weeks(2 years) is like an entitlement program almost.

No tier 5? Screw you Senate. Thanks for nothing. Unemployment rate is 10.9% where I live.

I am also wondering?

I hope it does EB but maybe if it doesnt they will revise it somewhat too. It just states tiers and not EB. God is in control

If you have lost your COBRA coverage or have lost your job after May 31, 2010 and are not eligible for the COBRA subsidy, see cobrareform.weebly.com for alternatives.

JM, yeah, we aren't going to get that 80k/yr job back… but they aren't hiring us for the 45k/yr jobs either. For those with very little experience, or were working low skilled jobs, most should be able to find another job. The BIG problem is when people like me, Senior IT Professional with 5+ years of management experience, try get these lesser jobs. They won't hire us! Managers/supervisors don't hire people that are better qualified than they are to work under them. They want to be the top dog when it comes to knowing how to do their job. So, 2 1/2 years later, I am still unemployed and haven't even had an interview in over a year.

Besides all that… has the number of jobs increased? No! Is the Economy doing better? No! So until those two things change, what makes you think there are any jobs to be had?

Unemployment benefits should be continued for everyone until the unemployment rate is at least back to where it was 2 years ago. 5 person per every job opening right now (which will go back up to 6 to 1 in a month or so after the Census workers lose their temp job).

I don't doubt that their are some that are just milking UI because they can afford to, but that is a very small percent of the 15+ million unemployed. So wake up and realize that over 25% of the workforce is either unemployed or under-employed and get off your high horse and help fix the Economy.

BTW, for all you GOP haters. The GOP is just playing hardball because of the November elections. If Senator Reid wanted to play hardball back, he should have forced them to filibuster, yet he didn't. The Dems are playing poor politics right now, and don't seem to have a plan yet to overcome what everyone is predicting to be an overwhelming GOP victory in Congress this November.

VOTE ALL INCUMBENTS OUT IN NOVEMBER!!! They aren't looking out for the US, they are just looking out for themselves.

your a dumbass I made 90,000 2 years ago and I cant even get a job fliping burgers so how about you open your eyes and see the big pic

my GOOD job was 45K…then it became 22K…then it became $0. been unemployed over a year and can't find even a 22K job, I didn't create this mess so don't tell me about ENTITLEMENT.

I we could get rid of GOD speaking to politicians, we might have a better chance at survival.

YOU ARE A JERK

I agree 100%, I've been on unemployment only since Jan 1, 2010 and I've been cut off. They are people that have been on it for over 2 years now. They are the ones not even looking for work. I say they need to only let you get unemployment for no more then a year!!! I working very hard to find a way to make it, if it's to go back to school. I do not understand our government. I just cannot wait till the day we go to the polls and vote. I going to vote against all those that are in office now.

Louis

Like I said below, you have had more then 2 eyes to find a job. I''ve only been on it since Jan 1, 2010. I'm the one that should be upset right now. Go back to school and find a new line of work!!! Get out your ass and do something for yourself for a change.

please pass this bill. everyday you wait more late charges acrue and more credit is ruined as people can't pay there mortgage. the majority of the unemployed are not lazy and sitting on there butt. My husband submits resumes from the time he gets up until he goes to bed. he wants a job, ANY JOB. he hates being stuck at home. a former marine and than in the plumbing industry but is willing to work in any field to bring in money. there just aren't jobs in georgia. please pass this today so we can get by until he has a job.

So Louissmith have you found any jobs since January or are you sitting on your ass and not looking for a job? I have sent out over 700 resumes, have walked into stores and applied for cashiers jobs and not one single offer for a job. I exhausted all benefits in March 2010. Let's see how fun it is for you when you have gone 3 months w/out any unemployment at all and lets see someone tell you to get off your ass and find a job when that's what I and many others in my situation have been doing since day one. Doesn't feel nice to have someone assume you are lazy sitting on your ass and not looking for a job does it? Just because you were laid off in January doesn't make you any more entitled then someone who was laid off in 2008, NONE of us can find a job and ALL of us are now out of unemployment.

I agree Goodwithwood82, I was making 50.00 an hour in my last job, unemployment was 16.00 an hour I have and continue to apply for jobs at 8.00 an hour and can't even get an interview for a job paying that little. A friend of mine owns a car repair shop, he had one position open put an ad in the paper after 2 days he had to take the ad out, in two days he got 400 resumes.

For all those who think this is all the fault of just the republicans ask yourself why Obama isn't deporting all the illegals to give Americans jobs? Three of our previous presidents have done just that when unemployment rates were too high and Legal Americans couldn't find jobs no instead he's wanting amnesty for illegals who will only add to our debt in the form of food stamps, welfare, unemployment etc.

The democrats could have used the stimulus money (as the republicans suggested) to pay for the unemployment extensions but they refuse saying that money is allocated to create jobs yet none of those jobs will be created in 2010. So while we ALL sit and wait for a job to come our way or for senate to pass unemployment don't count on any stimulus jobs since there won't be any until 2011. These jobs haven't been created YET so why not scrap that and just use the money to extend unemployment? Even if they created jobs it's not going to help ALL of us.

BOTH sides of senate have screwed us not just the republicans. As I recall it was the republicans that wanted a full audit of the Federal Reserves yet the dems said NO. Why? The American People deserve to know what the feds are up to esp considering they can't account for billions of dollars and it's OUR tax money that pays the interest on the money the fed reserves prints then loans back to our government.

All Americans need to stick together. Stop throwing stones, Louissmith! I worked for 43 years without ever being unemployed. I'm a 99er and look for work constantly. Too young to not work and too old to work.

Alex – The problem isn't the illegals… It is the businesses that hire them… And what about a Tier 5!

Alex2010, you're an idiot. You truely are. It isn't the illegals fault this has happened, it is a bad economy. The jobs they are taking pay minimum wage or less, much less than what is necessary to support the cost of a mortgage, let alone any other bills. I am sure you are one of those people who believe the illegals cause all of the issues in this country, which makes you nearly retarded.

I see no jobs in the town I live in. We at one time had 8 factories now we have only two. They keep letting jobs go to Mexico and overseas so why dont't they stop them from exporting back in the U.S. would teach them a lesson maybe. Congress should have to live on $390.00 a week for six months then say screw the unemployed like they have been doing for weeks..If jobs are being created where are they?? I watch c-span every day and to watch some of the Senators talk makes me want to PUKE. Most cant talk they just read off a piece of paper if they are not any more connected then that then they need to retire.. I watched one the other day Grassley I think it was he could not pronounce half the words and the chart he tried to refer to he forgot what it was for and this is a CONGRESSMAN!! I am unemployed and i have been since March 2009 and ever day I get more afraid of what is going to happen . I am not a LAZY person there was times i worked 3 jobs and now i can not find even one .

Anyone who is willing to take less than minimum wage lowers the wage scale that all Americans have fought and some died for in the fifties. There is no minimum wage in many other countries, so people assume that immigrants take that for granted. A living wage is part of being American. If you see yourself as one then you should draw a line also or it's your fault, period.

LMFAO So the Hotel last week in Georgia that was exposed on local news for hiring illegals to work in this expensive hotel fired all the illegals and were overwhelmed with Georgians applying for all the OPEN jobs… So NO american wants the jobs an illegal is doing? Give me a freakin break. Illegals have and continue to use food stamps, hospitals, welfare, public schools and guess what OUR tax dollars are paying for that. So ya the illegals contribute no they aren't the sole reason but they certainly contribute. Why don't you do some reading of our history one in particular is Operation Wetback and see just how deporting the illegals gave Americans JOBS… Idiot.

I agree the businesses should be fined heavily for doing this but our borders should be closed so we dont' have to deal w/the illegals any longer.

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From the NYS Department of Labor website:

https://ui.labor.state.ny.us/UBC/home.do

Legislation is Pending to Extend Eligibility Dates for Benefit Extensions
The legislation to extend eligibility dates for benefit extensions remains stalled in Congress. If further action is to be taken on this legislation, it may not happen until after July 12th. In the meantime, unless you have claimed the maximum 99 full weeks of unemployment benefits or have received instructions to file a new claim, you should continue to claim weekly benefits in the usual manner. If and when the legislation passes, any week you claimed that is covered by the legislation, will be paid to you, provided the legislation is retroactive. Extended Benefits (EB) are not currently payable after week ending June 6, 2010, even though your Benefit Payment History may show a remaining balance. Also, you are not currently able to move into a new Tier of EUC after week ending May 30, 2010. For updates on legislation regarding benefit extensions, continue visiting this website.

We need a TIER 5 extension also, since March 28, 2010 millions of people have exhausted their unemployment benefits of 99 weeks.

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Are you kidding me? You are sounding like the f'n Rebublicanns right now! Oh, you must be one of THEM. You wait and see what it's like when you CAN”T find a job in 2 years! I hope it happens to you, you stupid shit!

You're ignorant as they come people like you who are the ones who keep messing up this country and are gonna cause its downfall

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what are congress going to do when 10-20% of the population is, or verging on destitution?
Sure they will still spend trillions on war, Bankcrupt the scapegoat of the month -BP, and let the banks sit on their fat a**** not paying anything back.
this is a country that now has two sets of rules for two classes and being a professional or educated means nothing anymore

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it's ironic that several states with high unemployment will now also have a shortfall to pay state workers. In a number of cases said states reps are republican. i just read where alabama will have a record shortfall without federal help. Alabama s senators of course have voted against any financial help..lol..i guess i dont get why a state with a 10% unemployment rate isn't real concerned with their states financial shape. If that doesn't scream term limits i don't know what does…Very few politicians and even fewer Republicans actually care about their constituents

Stop complainting, You heard the saying If I don't eat then you won't eat, it's time to start picking,stand in front of businesses,buses,cars,march down to white house etc.
The million man march don't have sh@t on what's happening with what we are going through right now,not being able to feed our kids, or have a roof on our heads,this is a real serious issue dam mit!!!

S.3520 – Unemployment Insurance Extension Act of 201 just passed Congress at 1pm…Call your Senators now before it too late

They need to come together and agree to pass this, Many many american's will be out on the streets with their kids, No money for food or a home. What are they thinking?? There are NO jobs for any of us, we didn't create this mess and we are being punished. Unbelievable!!!!!

I live in MA and was receiving EB benefits. I called the Unemployment office and they explained to me that while the EB benefits are not directly related to the EUC, that they usually follow suit with the EUC dates. Meaning, that is you still had EB weeks left, and the EUC eligibility date were extended, the EB date would likely be extended too. However, since nothing has passed, the EB benefits were triggered off this week even though I would have 14 weeks left if the date had been extended.

how do you know that people that have been getting uneployment for two years are not looking for work i have been out of work for a year and a half now i get my ass up everyday at 7am and search the internet looking at every website for jobs and calling the temp agencies. How dare u say something like that. Some people do not have all the computer skills that most companies look for these days. Some towns have limited jobs you do not know the reason why someone might be unemployed for a year or two. Many something happened in the family like me I had five deaths over a period of three months its hard to get back out there and look for a job after something happens like that. Just beacuse u have a nice comfy job do not put other people down like that. Your an ass for that

I totally agree with you and understand where you are comming from check out my reply back to louissmith1

Is this right? and if it is what does it mean to the unemployed? Does this extend benefits?

So did the bill pass extending beneifts or just restoring the tiers?

it didnt pass it was turned down or so i was told by a Senators Aid

does this mean extending benefits is done? or will the democrats try to get through again?

You are something else. To make the assumption people are out of work for long periods of time because they are lazy shows your ignorance. Try getting a job when there are 300 people applying for 1 position.
Where is your head? Always remember to choose your words carefully because karma is a B.
I am 46 and have worked since 16 (12 actually – keeping score @ bowling alley) and until now I have never been without a job for more than a week.
I have been out of work for 10 months now, and hopefully I will be back to work before this 1st tier of UI extension runs out in 6 more weeks.
You have no IDEA what has happened in the life's of people who have been unemployed for more than 6 months, and I hope you do not have to experience the thought of your meager livelihood possibly being cut off due to a Senate STALEMATE (republican political nonsense). What they need to do is cut their salary in half and that could pay down the deficit. Why all of a sudden are the republicans worried about the deficit? They had no problem as they were wasting money to go to war in IRAQ under false pretense, so Bush can avenge his DADDY and get rid of SADDAM. Kill all those innocent Iraqi's, while fabricating the biggest lie and running up the deficit? BUSH got what he wanted, but where is OSAMA?
Now, we have to spend to fix this mess, and they want to stop progress? WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP. I believe in “what goes around, comes around,” so they will get theirs. Bur for YOU TO TALK ALL THIS NONSENSE ABOUT PEOPLE OUT OF WORK LONGER THAN YOU, I feel really SORRY FOR YOU WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU.

Well, it is over 12% where I live. So, I tell the SENATE to stop flying on their private jets, going to $1000 dinners, or walking around with their noses stuff so far up the OIL companies, A**es, and sucking up to the interests of Big-Corporate-American, all at the AMERICAN PEOPLE”S EXPENSE. You guys are no less greedier than the HEDGE FUND monkeys.
GET OFF YOUR A**ES, and stop the POLITICAL CRAP IN AN ELECTION year, and PROGRESS.

Contrary to some reports I’m seeing on Twitter and Facebook, the House has not passed this bill yet. It was brought up and debated, but the vote was postponed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [D, CA]. Under House rules (Rule XX, CLause 8), it now must be voted on within two days. But it will likely be voted on sooner, probably tonight or early tomorrow.

Yes. I'm dumbfounded. OMG. Where am I living? The House did not pass it.

You are right; it did not pass; this is terrible news! Good question is it a done deal or what?

We should all crash the Senators 4th of July weekends!! For so few to put so many in a bad way is.. hell i cant even think of a word to say what it is. I don't know how they sleep at night Oh!! I know they have nice homes with food and beds to sleep in. Maybe we should start calling them and asking them for loans i KNOW they have more then I do!!

I just talked to Stabenows DC office. They have not voted on the Senate Bill yet, but it is expected to be voted on by the weekend. It is “of the utmost importance to handle it before recess…”

This is just disgusting. We have one income of 1200.00 dollars a month, house payment of 1500.00 a month, plus other bills need to be paid. Don;'t qualify for any help cause we make to much. How unfair is this government. This is not America anymore, What are all of us to do?

“When people fear the government – that is tyranny;
When government fears the people – that is liberty.”
– Thomas Jefferson

americans stop fighting among one another this is fact not fiction nor opinion we have a problem of greed and that is that its a new prejudice and it is not the skin factor origin or gender factor what matters to the government is that if you cant make any money for the government or bring in taxes you have no purposeto them so now if you are republican,either you never had to eat your pride to tell your children the truth or your wife or you family members that you cant find a job and then reality will slap you in the face you work ll your life to have a nest egg only to see your government take your money and spend it any way they feel but you can blame the next man for being unemployed when he or her has kids to wake up people its not black its not white its a green thing a green thing dont be a fool or be fooled now banks the people who you trust take your money but when you loose your job theyll take your house please listen if you love music listen to marvin gayes whats goin on or harrold melvin and the blue notes wake up everybody and if our government dont get it the tax payers will and what ever moneys we do get the government is set up to be in a win win situation its politics so is it land of the free i still believe, or land of the fuc ed sorry i slipped if you unemployed got love for you me too be if you are gonna screw me atleast kiss me , americans no matter what you are or who you are hang in there as strong parents and grandparents we got to we all our children futures got cause the government will live off them too in god and family you must trust signed kept it real.

alex i understand your points of views but you say you are a republican but im gonna show you , point of view when bush was in office we didnt have this problem we all thought ,not even you cause he never told us cause he was makin his getaway, all these problems were passed down why cant you see that no one cant possibly cannot get in this kind of problem over night lets be real we have jobless republicans do you think congress gave a dam if your job shutdown, or house note was due or your kids have no food people are hurting our government let people come here for opportunity to be free and you or i cant tell the government who can come or not so stop blamming the finger or giving the finger the truth is shame on them that dare to stop the right to want to live in peace and try to live the way they want ,its the government thats taking your money his or her money and refuse to give you the finger in the time of need and now is that time and as far as the dues our poor vets still havent got theres yet and our little ones die every day for freedom our price is much greater at home thats why it pisses me off when i see that finalle of bushes wave to me sayin so long suckers , and we still didnt find no weapons of mass destruction a war for nothing we could have used that money too, betcha dont hear cnn talk about that either my heart aches for the families that lost there child for no weapons never found instead of waveing he took our money the oil ,jobs and gave us and you the finger but dont be mad you werent the only one gettin screwed demos and repub and us all are grabbing our cheeks he hit the back door and gone so be honest with yourself so stop please. so 4 real.

IF THIS BILL IS NOT A STAND ALONE BILL THEY WILL ADD PORK TO IT AND FUTHER DELAY OUR EXTENSIONS BECAUSE EACH SIDE WILL TRY TO MANIPULATE IT FOR THEIR OWN AGENDA NOT OURS- IF NOT PASSED THIS WILL CAUSE MORE JOBS LOST MORE HOMES LOST AND CRIME AND PROTESTS LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE SKYROCKET OUT OF CONTROL- THINGS ARE GOING TO GET UGLY OUT THERE – TENT CITIES, FULL JAIL CELLS, FULL HOSPITALS, EMPTY FOOD SHELVES, FULL SHELTERS- MORE BUSINESS CLOSINGS BECAUSE WE WONT HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY FOR ANY GOODS AND SERVICES- THE MIDDLE CLASS IS BEING ELIMINATED ALL WE WILL HAVE IS THE RICH, “POLITICIANS' AND THE GOVERNMENT DEPENDANT , THAT WOULD BE US- THANKS CONGRESS FOR LOOKING AFTER THE AMERICANS FIRST- WE WONT FORGET COME NOVEMBER- TRUST ME

Yes, fire them all and get folks in there who understand, its the jobs, dammit, we want jobs!!

Blame both parties and the Federal Reserve. They made their choice by deciding to bailout the banks and the Federal Reserve continues to give the big 4 banks access to 0% Fed rates so the banks can then turn around and buy 3% T-bills for free so they can run stocks back up because the administration believes that if the stock market is up people will be fooled. They also are not forcing banks to use mark to market accounting so their books are all false. This is all verifiable. Did you know that all 4 big banks had perfect trading days last quarter. They made money every day how? Because they are now insider trading together and Politicians are now crafting a false bill that has no real reform. Banks can still be bailed out, there is no Glass Steagall, no bank breakup of these monopolies, risky naked CDS is still permitted. So why does Goldman get access to fed funds when they are just a monster hedge fund? Because they have political connections. I work and live here in Manhattan and there is no recession here. As a matter of fact we are booming because all of your money is being extracted for Wall Street. The democrats are the largest friends of Wall Street and this bill is a farce and they all think you are too dumb to notice. Just look up Dylan Ratigan on Youtube or go to Zero Hedge. Tell your friends. The administration is running a massive propaganda experiment in trickle down and kleptocracy. Did you know we are giving European banks billions in swaps so they can prop up their Euro? Why? Because the Federal Reserve needs our dollar to go down so that stocks can go up. It is called the carry trade. Please look between the lines this is not about parties this is about Banks vs Americans. They will do anything to prevent Americans from having affordable housing. They love inflation because it keeps the wealth gap huge. That is why we are seei

I wish I had been able to claim 99 weeks…I have been unemployed since Sept 08, worked in Florida and became unemployed there, couldn't find a job there so I even moved to the state of MD, hoping to find a job there, since the unemployment rate was lower only to find out that I could not receive extended benefits now because MD is not an EB state!!, even though I worked for 17 years at the same job and was laid off in the state of FL… go figure… so all I received was 72 weeks of unemployment. Still can't find a job… Tired of hearing I am over qualified!!! I am willing to take anything at this point. This is my first time on unemployment… grrrr

he is right we need them out as soon as possible and we need a freaking revolution, a war overthrowing the international bankers government in usa.No threat that you wount vote for them,Poor you, do you still think that your vote is counted, poor sheeps, your vote is a fraud and everything aabout democratic society is a show so as long as americans still threatens just not to vote for certain party they are even more doomed, revolution this is the answer

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Yesterday, I had received an email from a contact of mine in our Dept. Of Unemployment benefits in MA. She had indicated that in fact a 5th Tier is still on the table along with approving the bill that would extend beneifits to at least November of this year. She feels confident that the bill would pass as early as Friday or possibly early next week. I hadn't heard from her for a while and it was good that she initiated the contact, giving me this most current information without me requesting an update.

I have sent two emails to both of my Senators urging them both to vote yes on the extension and the 5th Tier extension, As of yet, I have not received a response from either one of them however, I am aware that “BOTH” Senators voted yes to the extensions. The Senators from MA, are John Kerry, and Scott Brown.

Where do your Senators in you state sit of this legislation. If you haven't already,
I strongly recommend that you contact your Senator office in your state. Good Luck!!

JM, you're my hero. Where do I start? You didn't collect the unemployment compensation that you were entitled too. To me this means you're either independently wealthy, you are receiving a pension or have received a buy out, or someone else in your family (Mommy and Daddy) is supporting you. It's obvious that if you were entitled to unemployment benefits and being unemployed without a revenue stream, that you would have filed. Where do you get your money, and do you obtain it leagally? Which one of the above catagory's do you fall into JM?? How old are you, who did you work for, and what were you paid. I do not honestly expect a reply to this thread JM.
I honestly think you're full of BS as well as being full of yourself.

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fortunaj5q, how would they pass this as early as Friday? They are going to be gone until July 12th. Sorry to say as I am in a complete nerve breakdown in regards to this extension tug of war.

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I cannot believe the way the senate believes the unemployment extentions are less important then giving more CEO bailouts. I don't own a home Idon't own a car
I lived in my car for 8 months when my children were 1 and 3 years old. I am a have not I worked three jobs to keep them fed Now I have nothing I did have the 191 a week but now i have 241 in food stamps. But believe it or not I am better then some. I am strong and will not let you break me…..

at least you can sell your home I have 0 money, no hot water not much but a library card sell your car ride the bus.

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I have been saying this for months. As long as we sit on our asses faxing and telephoning we would never see a tier 5. I posted I don't know how many request to form teams and hit the streets. I got no reply's. Now reality has hit. We will never see a tier 5 believe me. I got off my ass and got public assistant, I was not too proud to fight and save my ass.Now I have food and my rent and bills paid with no worries until work comes along. I advise you all to
get off the key boards and go help yourselves. If u are thinking that the Government is going to come to your rescue, snap out of it, it will never happen.The Faxes are going in the garbage and the phone calls are falling on deaf ears.

Brown voted NO

I'm so sick of hearing “the 99″ every time this Tier-5 extension is mentioned… it's NOT JUST the Ninety-Nine that will benefit – it's a whole lotta people like me who can't move on to their Tier-2 or Tier-3 benefits because we missed some magical cut off date. It's like were being punished because we didn't LOSE OUR JOBS SOON ENOUGH earlier and “oops, oh well – THESE people get 2 years of help to make ends meet, but because your Tier-1 benefits didn't expire until a week after the cut off date (true story!), you're going to be left cold and helpless in a bad place alone”. Fan-Friggin-Tastic. Best country in the world. I'll be sharpening my ballot-box pencil come November, I assure you.

I have found a job through a temp agency but pays me freakin min.wage wtf now they pass this it is wrong wht they are doing to the working class…un freakin belivable

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