Unemployment Benefits Bill Fails In House, 261-155
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/unemployment-benefits-bil_n_629731.html
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emocrats in both chambers of Congress are scrambling to pass legislation to reauthorize expired unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless before a looming July 4 recess. One such measure failed in a 261-155 House vote on Tuesday.
Bill cosponsor Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) said Democrats will return to the measure on Wednesday, when it will face a much lower simple-majority 219-vote threshold. "It will pass," said Levin, who added that he is coordinating with his counterparts in the Senate. (The House bill required a two-thirds majority on Tuesday because it was brought to the floor under a suspension of the rules.)
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been shuttling back and forth between Democrats and Republicans in the upper chamber in hopes of winning 60 votes for the Senate's own version of a standalone unemployment benefits bill.
Bill cosponsor Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) said Democrats will return to the measure on Wednesday, when it will face a much lower simple-majority 219-vote threshold. "It will pass," said Levin, who added that he is coordinating with his counterparts in the Senate. (The House bill required a two-thirds majority on Tuesday because it was brought to the floor under a suspension of the rules.)
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been shuttling back and forth between Democrats and Republicans in the upper chamber in hopes of winning 60 votes for the Senate's own version of a standalone unemployment benefits bill.
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toyotabedzrock
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emocrats? lol
- 2 years ago
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toyotabedzrock
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Stoneyroad
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tax cuts for the rich - bailouts for the rich - screw the unemployed
to misquote Michelle Obama - " for the first time in my adult life, i am truely ashamed of my country "
- 2 years ago
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Stoneyroad
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bansheewail
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People are hurting out here in the real America. Where is my golden parachute??
- 2 years ago
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bansheewail
