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House Dems Open To Compromise On 99ers Bill
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House Dems Open To Compromise On 99ers Bill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/09/99ers-house-dems-compromise_n_833545.html
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Removed by me.
It's not a time for negativity.
Sorry all.
It's not a time for negativity.
Sorry all.
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Good news we are still trying to move it forward....
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I am glad to see this. Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott are fighting for us. They are pushing for this bill. This is so much better than what Stabenow did last year.
This has been their plan the whole time. They are not giving up. They had said they were going to offer to pay for it. I just hope that Boehner will listen.
This has been their plan the whole time. They are not giving up. They had said they were going to offer to pay for it. I just hope that Boehner will listen.
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Quiethawk wrote:Good news we are still trying to move it forward....
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Keep pushing everyone!!!
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Let's hope this moves along quickly before the Break of March 21-27.
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Economist Mark Zandi, a former campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain
(R-Ariz.), has said offsetting benefits with immediate spending cuts
would be counterproductive, but that offsetting benefits with future
cuts would not.
Praying that this will help us get this passed....
(R-Ariz.), has said offsetting benefits with immediate spending cuts
would be counterproductive, but that offsetting benefits with future
cuts would not.
Praying that this will help us get this passed....
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Thank you for posting this QH!! This is making my day better to actually see this in the news. To see that they are still fighting hard for this is giving me some hope. We've been waiting to hear some news on this bill for a while now and here it is.
Now they need to hurry up and get this passed and pass a jobs bill and get us some jobs in this country.
Now they need to hurry up and get this passed and pass a jobs bill and get us some jobs in this country.
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I know Jen I am having one of those very dark days.... We knew months ago they would need to do this , but at least now it is in the works and we are hearing something anything at this point gives us just a little more hope. That's all I got left...
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Just hope and pray they can work together on this.....PLEASE!!! AND NONE OF THIS
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This is good news, thanks for the link Quiethawk.
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Thanks Quiethawk. This is good news and I hope it goes through quickly.
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good news, bill needs to get rolling and moving forward.
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This is GREAT NEWS!
Here is the article
WASHINGTON -- The Democrats in the House of Representatives who are pushing for additional jobless aid for the long-term unemployed say they are willing to compromise with Republican leadership on cutting spending from the budget to prevent the cost of new benefits from adding to the deficit.
In a Wednesday letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) wrote, "We want to work with you to identify how best to finance this legislation and ensure its swift passage."
Earlier this year, Lee and Scott introduced legislation to give the long-term unemployed an additional 14 weeks of benefits. Their bill, which Lee's office estimates would add roughly $16 billion to the deficit, went nowhere in the midst of a Republican budget-cutting frenzy. Now Lee and Scott are offering to forgo the "emergency" designation that would exempt the legislation from new "pay-as-you-go" House rules, which require any new spending to be offset by cuts from elsewhere in the budget. They say they want to work with Republicans on figuring out what to cut.
"To be clear, we maintain our position that this legislation deserves to exempt from PAYGO spending rules under the aforementioned emergency designation, but we are committed to exhausting every possible avenue to pass this bill," Lee and Scott wrote.
When they first introduced their bill, which targets "99ers" but would give the extra weeks to anyone out of work longer than six months, a House Republican aide scoffed: "If you're serious about helping Americans on unemployment, you need to show how you'll pay for the cost with cuts elsewhere."
The "99ers" are Americans who haven't found work after exhausting the maximum 99 weeks of benefits that have been available in about half the states for the past 16 months. The Congressional Research Service estimated that as of October, 1.4 million people had been out of work for 99 weeks, though some may have received fewer weeks' worth of benefits while others may have since found work.
For the past half-century, Congress has routinely granted the unemployed additional weeks of benefits during recessions to complement the standard 26 weeks provided by states. Most of the time -- but not every time -- additional weeks of benefits have been paid for with deficit spending. Occasionally, they've been paid for with tax hikes, but not with spending cuts.
While it's unlikely that Republicans and Democrats will find much agreement on $16 billion in cuts for extra weeks of unemployment benefits, the compromise offer breaks with Democrats' insistence over the past year that jobless aid doesn't need to be "paid for." Democrats have objected to paying for benefits because economists say deficit spending on unemployment insurance serves to pump money into the economy, as the jobless quickly spend their $300 weekly benefits.
"When 13.9 million people in this nation are unemployed, and with approximately 1 in 10 workers under-employed at this moment, it defies logic to say that we do not have a national emergency that demands to be treated as such," emailed Judy Conti, a lobbyist for the National Employment Law Project, a group that advocates on worker issues. "That being said, if the two parties can identify appropriate cuts that do no harm to our much-needed safety net, and do not add more workers to the ranks of the unemployed, AND which do not take place for at least 3 more years so as not to offset the stimulative effect of unemployment insurance, then it is a compromise worth considering."
Economist Mark Zandi, a former campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), has said offsetting benefits with immediate spending cuts would be counterproductive, but that offsetting benefits with future cuts would not.
Here's the letter:
Dear Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor, and Chairman Camp: Once again we want to express our deep concern for the plight of millions of long-term unemployed workers across the country. Last week’s unemployment numbers reflect the harsh reality that still exists – while the economy is moving in the right direction, too many workers are still looking for jobs. For every available job opening, there are 4.7 unemployed workers. And many of those workers have been unemployed for a year or longer. The unemployment rate does not discriminate – the challenges that our constituents face in our districts are just as difficult as the challenges that your constituents are facing in western Ohio, central Virginia and central Michigan. We all have a shared obligation to help our neediest and most vulnerable populations in their hour of greatest need. The letter we sent you last month requested your assistance in extending emergency benefits for long-term unemployed workers who had exhausted their eligibility. In addition, we requested that these benefits be considered under the emergency designation of PAYGO spending rules, a provision that would exempt emergencies from these rules. We are disappointed that you disagreed with our belief that this is a true state of emergency for these workers. As we outlined in our previous letter, we believe there is a strong moral and economic case to extend these emergency benefits. Economic experts believe that unemployment benefits provide a stimulative impact to our economy by helping to drive consumer spending. So not only is providing these benefits the right thing to do, but it is sound economic policy. To be clear, we maintain our position that this legislation deserves to exempt from PAYGO spending rules under the aforementioned emergency designation, but we are committed to exhausting every possible avenue to pass this bill. Adding an additional 14 weeks to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program is estimated to cost up to $16 billion. We want to work with you to identify how best to finance this legislation and ensure its swift passage. We request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss alternative ways to address the costs associated with H.R. 589, The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act. We hope that you share our urgent desire to move forward on passing this legislation. There are dire consequences for millions of long-term unemployed workers who are fighting every day to make ends meet so they can support their families. It is time to get serious about taking care of our long-term unemployed workers who continue to suffer. We look forward to your response and are hopeful that we can meet with you in the near future to discuss the importance of this bill and our plan to pass it. Thank you for your time and consideration of this request.
Here is the article
WASHINGTON -- The Democrats in the House of Representatives who are pushing for additional jobless aid for the long-term unemployed say they are willing to compromise with Republican leadership on cutting spending from the budget to prevent the cost of new benefits from adding to the deficit.
In a Wednesday letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) wrote, "We want to work with you to identify how best to finance this legislation and ensure its swift passage."
Earlier this year, Lee and Scott introduced legislation to give the long-term unemployed an additional 14 weeks of benefits. Their bill, which Lee's office estimates would add roughly $16 billion to the deficit, went nowhere in the midst of a Republican budget-cutting frenzy. Now Lee and Scott are offering to forgo the "emergency" designation that would exempt the legislation from new "pay-as-you-go" House rules, which require any new spending to be offset by cuts from elsewhere in the budget. They say they want to work with Republicans on figuring out what to cut.
"To be clear, we maintain our position that this legislation deserves to exempt from PAYGO spending rules under the aforementioned emergency designation, but we are committed to exhausting every possible avenue to pass this bill," Lee and Scott wrote.
When they first introduced their bill, which targets "99ers" but would give the extra weeks to anyone out of work longer than six months, a House Republican aide scoffed: "If you're serious about helping Americans on unemployment, you need to show how you'll pay for the cost with cuts elsewhere."
The "99ers" are Americans who haven't found work after exhausting the maximum 99 weeks of benefits that have been available in about half the states for the past 16 months. The Congressional Research Service estimated that as of October, 1.4 million people had been out of work for 99 weeks, though some may have received fewer weeks' worth of benefits while others may have since found work.
For the past half-century, Congress has routinely granted the unemployed additional weeks of benefits during recessions to complement the standard 26 weeks provided by states. Most of the time -- but not every time -- additional weeks of benefits have been paid for with deficit spending. Occasionally, they've been paid for with tax hikes, but not with spending cuts.
While it's unlikely that Republicans and Democrats will find much agreement on $16 billion in cuts for extra weeks of unemployment benefits, the compromise offer breaks with Democrats' insistence over the past year that jobless aid doesn't need to be "paid for." Democrats have objected to paying for benefits because economists say deficit spending on unemployment insurance serves to pump money into the economy, as the jobless quickly spend their $300 weekly benefits.
"When 13.9 million people in this nation are unemployed, and with approximately 1 in 10 workers under-employed at this moment, it defies logic to say that we do not have a national emergency that demands to be treated as such," emailed Judy Conti, a lobbyist for the National Employment Law Project, a group that advocates on worker issues. "That being said, if the two parties can identify appropriate cuts that do no harm to our much-needed safety net, and do not add more workers to the ranks of the unemployed, AND which do not take place for at least 3 more years so as not to offset the stimulative effect of unemployment insurance, then it is a compromise worth considering."
Economist Mark Zandi, a former campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), has said offsetting benefits with immediate spending cuts would be counterproductive, but that offsetting benefits with future cuts would not.
Here's the letter:
Dear Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor, and Chairman Camp: Once again we want to express our deep concern for the plight of millions of long-term unemployed workers across the country. Last week’s unemployment numbers reflect the harsh reality that still exists – while the economy is moving in the right direction, too many workers are still looking for jobs. For every available job opening, there are 4.7 unemployed workers. And many of those workers have been unemployed for a year or longer. The unemployment rate does not discriminate – the challenges that our constituents face in our districts are just as difficult as the challenges that your constituents are facing in western Ohio, central Virginia and central Michigan. We all have a shared obligation to help our neediest and most vulnerable populations in their hour of greatest need. The letter we sent you last month requested your assistance in extending emergency benefits for long-term unemployed workers who had exhausted their eligibility. In addition, we requested that these benefits be considered under the emergency designation of PAYGO spending rules, a provision that would exempt emergencies from these rules. We are disappointed that you disagreed with our belief that this is a true state of emergency for these workers. As we outlined in our previous letter, we believe there is a strong moral and economic case to extend these emergency benefits. Economic experts believe that unemployment benefits provide a stimulative impact to our economy by helping to drive consumer spending. So not only is providing these benefits the right thing to do, but it is sound economic policy. To be clear, we maintain our position that this legislation deserves to exempt from PAYGO spending rules under the aforementioned emergency designation, but we are committed to exhausting every possible avenue to pass this bill. Adding an additional 14 weeks to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program is estimated to cost up to $16 billion. We want to work with you to identify how best to finance this legislation and ensure its swift passage. We request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss alternative ways to address the costs associated with H.R. 589, The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act. We hope that you share our urgent desire to move forward on passing this legislation. There are dire consequences for millions of long-term unemployed workers who are fighting every day to make ends meet so they can support their families. It is time to get serious about taking care of our long-term unemployed workers who continue to suffer. We look forward to your response and are hopeful that we can meet with you in the near future to discuss the importance of this bill and our plan to pass it. Thank you for your time and consideration of this request.
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From Barbara Lee's website
http://lee.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=57§iontree=35,57&itemid=2307
http://lee.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=57§iontree=35,57&itemid=2307
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BUMP
IMO his should be the hottest topic on the board right now. This is the movement I have been waiting for.
IMO his should be the hottest topic on the board right now. This is the movement I have been waiting for.
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Me too!mrgolf wrote:BUMP
IMO his should be the hottest topic on the board right now. This is the movement I have been waiting for.
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Maybe this is part of Barbara Lee's strategy but I always thought that this bill would need to be funded in order to get passed
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by mrgolf Today at 6:35
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IMO his should be the hottest topic on the board right now. This is the movement I have been waiting for.
Agreed...
Waiting for the Republican Responce....should be this week...
They have said all along they support benefits if they are paid for well...nows the time...the
Boehner probably has that much cash wrapped in foil in his freezzer..
Both parties agreed to the Twoweek extension before the Gov shuts down again..
They already have more cuts lined up...(as well as a 2 percent INCREASE in military spending) its time to re-introduce 589 as a PAID for add-on to the next budget legislation...at the very least
The rules violation that the lone republican objected to was because of the increased cost... that objection would be eliminated if its paid for..
BUMP
IMO his should be the hottest topic on the board right now. This is the movement I have been waiting for.
Agreed...
Waiting for the Republican Responce....should be this week...
They have said all along they support benefits if they are paid for well...nows the time...the
Boehner probably has that much cash wrapped in foil in his freezzer..
Both parties agreed to the Twoweek extension before the Gov shuts down again..
They already have more cuts lined up...(as well as a 2 percent INCREASE in military spending) its time to re-introduce 589 as a PAID for add-on to the next budget legislation...at the very least
The rules violation that the lone republican objected to was because of the increased cost... that objection would be eliminated if its paid for..
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I got nothin left but hope also QH. Praying for brighter days for all of us soon.Quiethawk wrote:I know Jen I am having one of those very dark days.... We knew months ago they would need to do this , but at least now it is in the works and we are hearing something anything at this point gives us just a little more hope. That's all I got left...
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