Senate Approves Bill Extending Jobless Benefits

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Source: Wall St. Journal

By COREY BOLES
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to approve an extension of U.S. jobless benefits through November, providing a four-month lifeline to long-term unemployed Americans unable to find work.

By a 59-39 margin, senators voted to finalize the legislation, which still needs to be taken up by House lawmakers before it is ready for President Obama's signature.

A senior House Democratic aide said the House will take up the measure on Thursday.

The Congressional Budget Office, the non-partisan legislative score-keeper, said the bill would cost $33 billion over the next decade. It will be funded by new debt issued by the federal government.



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Yay! Some good news!

[onehandle]

1. Obama better fucking have it to sign before the weekend.

Fucking middle class hating Republicans.

[gateley]

2. I'm confident he will. This is a hot one. nt

[McCamy Taylor]

3. The MSM will try to spoil this moment. It is going to be a blitz of anti-Obama news.

[breadandwine]

7. And of course, some commie pinko looney leftwinger is going to shoot up some shopping mall somewhere

to distract attention. Is it just me or do those nutcase shootings seem to happen more often in election years? Just wondering.

[Faygo Kid]

4. Nelson votes no again.

Try to control your surprise. Goodbye, Ben.

[RainDog]

5. Nelson was the ONLY democrat to vote against

what an asshole.

Senate this afternoon finally voted to end a Republican filibuster of the unemployment insurance extension bill, allowing it to move forward towards final passage and becoming law. The Senate still has to take one more vote on the bill, but the motion they passed this afternoon was the big hurdle that, until now, they had been unable to overcome. The bill is now virtually guaranteed to be signed into law this week.

Sen. Carte Goodwin , West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin’s pick for replacing the late Sen. Robert Byrd , was sworn-in just moments before the Senate voted on the motion to end the Republican filibuster, and he provided Democrats with the 60th vote they needed to pass it. One Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson , voted with Republicans against the motion, and two Republicans, Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Olympia Snowe , crossed the aisle to vote with the Democrats.

Under Senate rules, a vote on pasage of the bill itself must now occur within 30 hours. The vote on passage requires a simple majority of 51 “ayes” to pass, not 60 like the motion to break the filibuster. Since the Democrats have just shown that they have more than 51 votes for the bill, the Republicans may agree to letting the final vote happen before the 30-hour clock has completely run out.

http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1987-Senate-Breaks-GOP-Filibuster-of-Unemployment-Extension-Bill-Now-Set-to-Become-Law

[DimplesinMI]

6. Good News...one more vote to go.......

Here is a link to my article on the next steps on the unemployment extension:

http://tinyurl.com/25fgq5d