The House approved a bill to extend benefits in states where the jobless rate is 8.5 percent or higher two weeks ago, but the measure has since faltered in the Senate. On Thursday, Senate Democrats resolved a dispute over how broadly to distribute the benefits, offering a $2.4 billion plan that would grant up to 14 additional weeks of benefits to workers in all 50 states while offering up to 20 additional weeks to jobless workers in the hardest-hit states. The measure would be fully paid for by extending the federal unemployment tax through June 2011.
Republicans objected to efforts to speed the bill to a vote in the full Senate, however. And while Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said that Congress should act to extend unemployment benefits, he has questioned the need for broader spending on the economy.
Instead of taking three-day weekends, how about doing the PEOPLE'S work and getting this thing passed?
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That seems like a lot of money. I hope they strech it far. they normally don't congress isn't the best at money managing..
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