Long-term Unemployment Extensions vs. Tax Cuts | No Compromise
Washington, D.C. (Dec 6) – As the Republicans continue their stance against the nations unemployed holding the Senate hostage over the continuation of the failed Bush Era Tax cuts, the nation needs to consider the consequences while facing the inevitable, no additional weeks of unemployment extensions, no permanent tax cuts for the rich. Regardless of [...]
Senate Republicans Blockade of Unemployment Extensions Continues – Main Street Tax Cuts Fail
Washington, D.C. (Dec 4) – As if this should be a surprise to the millions of unemployed Americans, Senate republicans voted against both the Senator Schumer Tax Bill along with Senator Baucus’ Tax cut bill extending tax cuts to Americans earning less than $250k both of which, contained the one-year unemployment extension amendment. In another [...]
Senator Baucus Unemployment Extension Amendment Vote Saturday
Washington, D.C. (Dec 3) – Late Monday, Senator Baucus introduced a measure to provide an additional one-year unemployment extension to the current EUC program. The measure would allow newly unemployed to file for existing unemployment Tiers. Last evening, Senate Majority Leader Reid moved for cloture on two Tax Cut bills, one from the House and [...]
Senate to Vote Saturday on Tax Cut Cloture | Unemployment Extensions Held Hostage!
Washington, DC (Dec 3) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has invoke cloture on the House Tax Cut bill passed by the House Democrats late Thursday afternoon. In an opening statement on the Senate floor this morning, Senator Reid stated they have not made final decision of whether the vote will come early Saturday [...]
Unemployment Rises to 9.8 percent as Republicans continue to refuse aid
Washington, D.C. (Dec 3) – Initial numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates jobless rate on the rise once again. The nation needs help desperately however; Senate Republicans are still refusing to approve an emergency unemployment extension for nation’s jobless workforce. Accordingly, employers added 39,000 jobs in November, down form the previous month [...]
Republicans Continue Assault on Working Class and Senior Citizens
Washington, D.C. (Dec 2) – Senate Republicans added a new twist today as they continued to hold the nation hostage this time, refusing unanimous consent on a Senior Citizen Stimulus package along with, their continued struggle against the nations unemployed. Late this afternoon, Senate Republicans upped the ante by refusing to approve a $250 onetime [...]
Council of Economic Advisers to hold Conference Call on Unemployment Extension
Washington, D.C. (Dec 2) – Austan Goolsbee, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers planned to hold a conference call regarding the unemployment extension measure at noon today. The U.S. Labor Department announced that new unemployment claims rose last week to levels higher than expected however, were pleased to announce an overall decline over the [...]
Obama Confident on Tax Cut Deal | No Word on Unemployment Extension
Washington, D.C. (Dec 2) – With Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner a former Republican, heading the committee on the Tax Cut deal, are American taxpayers about to be sold down the river once again, or will fair taxation and representation be returned to America’s working class, the nation awaits the answer. Democrats are hopeful of their [...]
Smiling Senate Republicans Continue to Block Unemployment Extensions
Washington, D.C. (Dec 1) – Once again, the Republican Party has stepped out on to the Senate floor to object to the unanimous consent regarding the unemployment extension issue. Instead, John Barrasso (R-WY) has decided that debating the Health Care law is far more important than debating the unemployment crisis. Barrasso, following along as a [...]