Reply #9: Jul 22, 2010

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President Obama signed the extension of unemployment benefits late this afternoon, blasting the Republicans and saying the measure will "restore desperately needed assistance to two-and-a-half million Americans who lost their jobs in the recession."

"After a partisan minority used procedural tactics to block the authorization of this assistance three separate times over the past weeks, Americans who are fighting to find a good job and support their families will finally get the support they need," Obama said in a statement.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/07/obama-to-sign-unemployment-benefits-extension/1

Updated: 4/15/10
President Obama, who signed the bill Thursday night, praised the vote but pushed Congress — and implicitly the Republicans who opposed the bill — to do more to aid out-of-work Americans, saying "I urge Congress to move quickly to extend these benefits through the end of this year," and "to move forward on legislation to help small businesses grow and hire and other measures to increase the pace of job growth."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35879.html

And from PolitiFact: February 19th, 2009 Barack Obama Campaign Promise No. 507:
Promise Kept
Extend unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/507/extend-unemployment-insurance-benefits-and-tempora/