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Hatch displays stunning lack of knowledge on unemployment insurance

by Daily Kos on Dec 21, 2010 • No Comments

Hopefully Orrin Hatch is reading the local, Capitol Hill news. Last week, he became one of the growing numbers of congresspeople who showed his vast ignorance on the topic of unemployment insurance.

WASHINGTON -- Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch said this week that extended unemployment insurance "is well over 100 weeks now,"...

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Tax Cuts and Unemployment Benefits: It’s a Win-Win!

by Robert and Donna Trussell on Dec 17, 2010 • No Comments
Filed under: Humor, Taxes, Chaos Theory, UnemploymentThey'll gladly feed you Tuesday for a financial beating today. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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House Passes Bush Tax Cut Package; Bill Now Goes to President

by Patricia Murphy on Dec 16, 2010 • No Comments
Filed under: Senate, House, Democrats, Republicans, The Capitolist, CongressThe House voted 277 to 148 Thursday night to temporarily extend the Bush tax cuts, continue unemployment benefits for 13 months and approve a series of smaller tax credits, cut...
Daily Kos / Politics

Economic triage

by Daily Kos on Dec 12, 2010 • No Comments

Triage is not pretty, but it is designed to save lives. On a battlefield, at a disaster site, or anywhere else that there are multiple victims of natural or unnatural violence, rescue personnel have to make spot decisions about who can and cannot be saved, and much more heartbreakingly, about which of those that can...

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No help for 99ers in tax cut framework

by Daily Kos on Dec 6, 2010 • No Comments

For a good run-down of what's in the "framework" (it's not a deal, yet, but the outlines of one) that Obama announced, here's dday:

Just to outline this framework: under the deal, the Bush tax cuts for all rate levels would be extended for two years. The estate tax, in a

Politics / Politics Daily

Congress Moving Toward Extending Bush Tax Cuts for All — for Now

by Patricia Murphy on Dec 6, 2010 • No Comments
Filed under: Taxes, Obama Administration, The Capitolist, Economy, Barack ObamaAlthough senior congressional aides say no deal has been finalized, a compromise on extending the tax cuts for the highest earners would represent a painful concession for l...
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Republicans, Democrats Indicate Deal Likely on Tax Cuts, Unemployment Benefits

by Bruce Drake on Dec 5, 2010 • No Comments
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Taxes, Obama Administration, Congress, Jobs, Mitch McConnellSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted there would be a deal on extending the Bush era tax cuts as well as unemployment benefits. But McConnell w...
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Obama and the Republicans: It’s a War in There

by Robert and Donna Trussell on Dec 4, 2010 • No Comments
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Humor, Taxes, Chaos TheoryThey were going to send out for sushi if it got any rougher. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Daily Kos / Politics

Weekly address: Biden pushes for unemployment benefits, middle-class tax cuts

by Daily Kos on Dec 4, 2010 • No Comments

With President Obama returning from Afghanistan, Vice President Biden delivered the weekly address, repeating his call on Friday for swift action to extend middle-class tax cuts and to provide unemployment benefits:

Here's an excerpt from his message (full transcript below):

I just don’t agree with the folks who’ve said...

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White House: 40 million helped by unemployment benefits since 2008

by Daily Kos on Dec 3, 2010 • No Comments

The White House has been pushing hard this week on trying to get Congress to notice that extended unemployment benefits have expired, and that 2 million people who are already hurting are going to be in a much larger world of pain by the end of the year. To that end, the released a...

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John Barrasso blocks help for unemployed, seniors

by Daily Kos on Dec 3, 2010 • No Comments

Thursday was a red-letter day for Wyoming Republican John Barrasso. He got to screw over both unemployed people and seniors. First, Sen. Whitehouse asked for unanimous consent to move S. 3976, the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2010 to the floor for consideration.

WHITEHOUSE: "This past year, for the first time since...

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Democrats Rally to Support Unemployment Insurance Extension

by Josh Lederman on Dec 1, 2010 • No Comments
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Congress, Unemployment, JobsIt's unclear what the next move is for either Republican or Democratic proposals. Congress has limited time left in the lame-duck session to make decisions on numerous issues. Permal...

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