Thursday, July 22, 2010

House of Representatives Passed Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits For 2.5 Million Jobless Americans

By H. Nelson Goodson
July 22, 2010

Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 H.R. 4213 shortly after 2:00 p.m. to extend federal unemployment benefits more than 2.5 million Americans, which by the weekend will reached 3 million. Their benefits had ran out and U.S. Senate Republicans blocked the bill three times and tried to stall it for 30 hours, until Democrats finally cleared it and sent the bill to the House for approval.
The House vote was 272 to 152, including 31 Republicans who joined 241 Democrats in supporting the measure. Voting against extending benefits to jobless Americans were 142 Republicans and 10 Democrats.
Now, the bill goes to President Barack H. Obama for his signature. Obama supported and advocated extending benefits to jobless Americans through no fault of their own.
Republicans and the GOP have gained the label as being un-American for opposing the jobless benefit measure to the end and they have previously blocked Democrat aid to states, which with the aid could have improved the states economy.

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