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S. 2544, The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (611 comments ↓)
- This bill has been mooted by the passage of another bill on the same subject or by other events. Check 'Related Bills' below to see if other bills on this subject have been passed into law. Mooted: 6/30/2008.
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
S. 2544 would provide for a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation.
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TED
April 7, 2008, 4:39pm (report abuse)IT MAKES ME REALLY F**KIN SAD TO SEE THIS MANY PEOPLE ON HERE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING I AM.RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND THE GOVERNMENT CANT EVEN TAKE CARE OF ITS OWN PEOPLE,SAD REALLY SAD.
SnS
April 7, 2008, 5:49pm (report abuse)If you think this is bad look at this site http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2544/show?comment_page=46#comments
JSanchez
April 7, 2008, 11:21pm (report abuse)Congress please extend federal unemployment benefits as my UI ran out 2 weeks ago. I've interviewed over 20 times in the last 6 months with no job offers. I was in the mortgage industry for 10 years.
Gary
April 8, 2008, 10:50am (report abuse)I have been unemployed since my employer of 27 years let me go. I am 58 have a BA degree, and have worked all my life. Now I can't even find a minimum wage job. THe fact that Republicans voted down an extension just shows how far from real America they are. They can spend 12 billion a year in Iraq but forget the middle class that are out of work here. Bush is the worst president we have ever had.
Tina
April 8, 2008, 11:18am (report abuse)I was laid off right before Thanksgiving of 07' from an Subprime Underwriting position. Well as we know the economy is horrible forxs are at a all time high, and there are absolutely no jobs to be found. I have a college degree many years of experience and cant find a job! My benefits run out in 2 months, please pass this bill soon~!!
Debbie
April 8, 2008, 2:20pm (report abuse)Call your Congressman and your Senators. I too, am 3 weeks away from my benefits being over. If we all flooded their phone banks, they would have no option but to act. You can locate their phone numbers by entering congressman and senate into your search bar. Simply enter your zip code and it will give you their information. CALL THEM TODAY AND EVERYDAY! We need this passed NOW!
GeorgieinCA
April 8, 2008, 4:08pm (report abuse)I spoke with a rep yesterday from unemployment and I was told that this bill has been on President Bush desk and he wont sign. They said the problem is as follows: once you exhaust your unemployment, your name is removed from the unemployment stats and in such we are no longer being accounted for. So they are not receiving statistically an accurate account of the millions of unemployed people in the USA. Only the ones receiving unemployment. In turn, President Bush does not see the full impact this economy has had on the people of this country. Plus he hopes that the stimulus check will bounce back the country. Get real! That is like putting a bandage on a broken leg. Let your congressmen and women know that you are one of those unaccounted country men/women who are still unemployed.
Cass /Michigan
April 9, 2008, 12:02am (report abuse)Benefits ran out in Jan .I am still optimistic the economy will recover , but still need the extension for full term if necc. Forclosure comming soon , sick wife no ins. 59 years old creates even less chance of good employment
Checks wont pay all expenses but helps to give me a swinging chance.
Doug
April 9, 2008, 7:29am (report abuse)Dateline yesterday 04/09/2008 George Bush's Press secretary said. There is no need for an extension and we don't see it happening this year. The bill for the stimulus package that was just past will be more than enough to get the economy back on track. WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL S__T George Dumb A_S BUSH should be IMPEACHED. Anyone Who thinks 300 dollars will help my father in Michigan who has been out of a job for over 2 years is an idiot. He worked for the GM all his life. And has had no benefits for 1.5 years. Lost his house and car. Lives with my grandmother! VV MORE VV
Doug
April 9, 2008, 7:42am (report abuse)And further more! My friends who live in Southern Cal and in Phoenix Az. Who both work for Electronics firms and lost their jobs in the fall last year. And now benefits have run out and the only option is bankruptcy. They can’t find jobs! And I here in South NJ And can’t find anything! Whoops I shouldn’t say that. I could work 3 hours a night for UPS 12 to 3am for 8.50 and hour. I live 30 miles away gas is $3 a gallon that’s min of 2 gallons per night. 6 bucks, Taxes on a 127.50 a week whatever that is, 25 a week for Union dues, leaves me 72.50 before taxes weekly. Wow I could go far on that! VV More VV
Doug
April 9, 2008, 7:54am (report abuse)How about my family in Florida! This is just one of the people in trouble. My Uncle in Clermont Fla, Has been raising Oranges for 50+ years. You would think he makes a good living. No he does not! Really!! He has a very large orange grove and this past season he put more into everything needed to produce a crop than he made. This is how this worked. See for years Brazilian companies have secretly purchased all the juice companies in his area. And now they control the market in Florida. They only pay what they deem a fair price. I his case 15k for his whole crop. He hires union Brazilians to pick his crop at 7500.00 he moves the oranges to plant. He ends up with 7500.00. But he pays 9000 to maintain his crop. He out 1500.00. Free trade I don’t think so……
Doug
April 9, 2008, 8:20am (report abuse)One more item for your reading pleasures.....
April 8: The Joint Economic Committee (JEC), chaired by Sen. Charles E. Schumer, released a report today, requested by Vice Chair Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, calling for the extension of unemployment insurance benefits to combat the contracting labor market. Friday’s release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Report revealed an jump in the unemployment rate and the third consecutive month of job losses for the first time in five years. With the number of UI beneficiaries exhausting their claims already on the rise and no end in sight to the current economic downturn, the report argues that past Republican obstructionism must be overcome in order to provide extended UI benefits for those in need......
Goto http://www.jec.senate.gov/index.html
Al
April 9, 2008, 8:54am (report abuse)IMPEACH GEORGE BUSH! Put him in the street!
Judy
April 9, 2008, 9:56am (report abuse)I agree 100% Impeach the bastard!
George W. needs to be in jail!
James in KY
April 9, 2008, 9:57am (report abuse)I hate bush with a passion. He lies with every word from his mouth. I also agree Impeach him!
Sara in Washington State
April 9, 2008, 10:02am (report abuse)Your all to hard on the poor guy. Look at all GWB has done for you. With all the money I make from the goverment contracts at my company. I don't see any reason to give anyone anything. I have everything I need. Get a job somewhere a quit crying you bunch of babies.
Frank in FLA
April 9, 2008, 10:04am (report abuse)I get it thats a promo for Why I hate Sara Marshall! LOL! Your an Idiot Sara in Wash.
Angry and Unemployed in MA
April 9, 2008, 11:52am (report abuse)Wow. She had to go and post that on two sites.
What a waste of time.
I HAVE been trying to get a job, and still, nothing.
Now i've got to pay all this money on my taxes from this small sum of money I have or else I won't get the stimulus package.
It's ridiculous the way these folks practically punish people for not having money.
Exhausted in Lee County FL
April 9, 2008, 2:34pm (report abuse)Unemployment rates quoted ARE inaccurate. A report of those LOOKING for work valid. As a former mortgage employee, I lost 2 jobs to downsizing. My unemployment benefits are exhausted. An extension is required. But some members of Congress believe we wait until benefits end, and then look for a job.
Another issue is health insurance. If I don't find a job with benefits by August, I will be uninsured. Paying $500 a month for COBRA coverage is hard, but a gap gives insurance companies the ability to deny a claim, saying it was pre-existing.
The we have age discrimination. Most laid off where I worked are over 50. Most kept are under 25. That's interesting, don't you think? Age discrimination is rampant. A recent local news article was titled "Retaining the Talented Young." The writer wasn't promoting age discrimination, but his article proves it is in our area.
WRONG
April 9, 2008, 4:05pm (report abuse)LET MAKE THIS WRONG -- RIGHT PASS THE EXTENSION BILL. LET HELP US
RIGHT HERE.PAST THE EXTENSION BILL.
REMEMBER THAT:
Charity Begins at Home
Charity Begins at Home
Charity Begins at Home
Debbie
April 9, 2008, 11:17pm (report abuse)there is a hearing being held at the committee on ways and means on 4/10 for extending unemployment! CALL your senators and congressman!!! Let's flood their phonebanks and be HEARD!!!
JERRY
April 10, 2008, 5:20am (report abuse)HELLO PEOPLE? DO YOU THINK WE LIKE BEING UNEMPLOYED WITH NO HEALTH BENEFITS AND MONEY...PRICES KEEP GOING HIGHER GAS $3.65 A GALLON, MILK NOW $4.59 A GALLON, GROCERIES PRICES KEEP GOING UP DUE TO TRUCKS SPENDING MORE MONEY FOR GAS...OMG! THIS GOVERMENT IS CORRUPTED!...IS COMMON SENSE "UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EXTENSION IS NEED IT NOW!"
MIKE
April 10, 2008, 5:42am (report abuse)The bill for the stimulus package that was just past is f**kin ridiculus...f**kin $300 bucks!...f**kin a**holes!...what an insult...first of all people that are working dont need a hand out...is the people that are unemploy the ones that need help...you mother f**kers...i have a prediction "The s**t is going to hit the fan"...when no change after the miserable &300 bucks, Who ever thought of the stimulus package should be hung in front of the white house. LETS GET REAL, I TRULY BELIEVE THE GOVERMENT IS JUST WAITING FOR MORE AMERICAN TO RUN OUT OF TIME AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT INSURANCE"
NANCY
April 10, 2008, 5:51am (report abuse)LOL...THIS IS SO STUPID...LOL...ARE THIS PEOPLE REAL?...Dateline yesterday 04/09/2008 George Bush's Press secretary said. There is no need for an extension and we don't see it happening this year. The bill for the stimulus package that was just past will be more than enough to get the economy back on track...HA HA HA!..LMAO...HA HA HA!...THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?...HA HA HA...DID HE STUDY BUSINESS OR ECONOMY?....HA HA HA....WOW! $300 DOLLARS, I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START SPENDING IT! HA HA HA...WHAT A DUMB ASS...HA HA HA!
LOOK I CAN CRY
April 10, 2008, 5:58am (report abuse)LOL...BUSH WANTED TO CRY AT THE MEDAL OF HONOR SPEACH FOR ONE OF THE FALLEN MILITARY...LOL...BUSH WHY DONT YOU CRY FOR ME...AND FOR THE REST OF 100.000 S OF PEOPLES WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE STRESS OF HAVING NO JOB OR MONEY!...OH PLEASE I DONT BELIEVE YOUR LITTLE CROCODILE TEARS!
JILL
April 10, 2008, 6:07am (report abuse)THE STIMILUS PACKAGE IS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE...IS FOR THE CORPORATION, COMPANIES, IS AIMED TO HELP THE RICH NOT THE POOR!..HOW IS THAT? THE GOVERMENT KNOWS 300 DOLLARS IS NOT ENOUGH TO EVEN BUY YOURSELF A ROUND TRIP TICKET FROM L.A TO NY...THE GOVERMENT KNOWS MOST AMERICANS OWE MORE THAN WE MAKE...WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR CHECKS THE FIRST THING WERE GOING TO DO IS PAY OUR BEHIND BILLS...AND THATS WHAT THE GOVERMENT IS EXPECTING AND WANTS SO BIG COMPANIES/ WALL STREET KEEPS ON PROFITING...S**T $300 IS ONLY 60% OF MY MONTHLY CAR PAYMENT...BUSH IS GOING IN THE HISTORY OF THE DUMBEST PRESIDENT EVER!
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SPEND MILLIONS
April 10, 2008, 6:28am (report abuse)WASHINGTON - Federal employees charged millions of dollars for Internet dating, tailor-made suits, lingerie, lavish dinners and other questionable expenses to their government credit cards...FEDERAL GOVERMENT, YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO THINK WETHER TO PASS OR NOT THE EXTENSION FOR UNEPLOYMENT BENEFITS!...YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAME!...FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE GOVERNOR TO THE STICKY FINGERS THAT SIT ON THEIR ASS CHARGING ON THEIR GOVERMENT CREDIT CARDS...SHAME ON YOU ALL OF YOU!...BUT THEN AGAIN YOU DONT KNOW WHAT SHAME IS, OTHERWISE YOU ALL WOULDNT STEAL!
wa state
April 10, 2008, 12:15pm (report abuse)It's mind over matter, they don't mind and the American unemployed tax payer doesn't matter. Although some senators, and representatives are standing up for us.Let's make our voice be heard. Don't go down without a fight!!
ui in nw
April 10, 2008, 12:25pm (report abuse)Look at the web site www.opencongress.org thousands have wrote in there. Find out who your representative is on the home page. submit your zip code and it directs you there. Their sole purpose is to represent YOU!!! let them know your aware of this!! Ask them if they care?etc. make them accountable.
Brad
April 10, 2008, 2:29pm (report abuse)This needs to pass ASAP! I've been out of work since Sept. 24 and have been unable to get an interview! I have always been employed in the past, except for 2 2-month stretches. Things are bad!
lisa
April 11, 2008, 10:35am (report abuse)i;m among the many of you.i;ve worked with mental health,many of my ex co-workers are stressed, depressed.thoughts of suicide. So i can say i understand.
WA state
April 11, 2008, 12:01pm (report abuse)April, 11 at 8;50 AM Pacific time C-span just aired a conversation with Representative Jim McGovern. He was standing up for us!!! He was explaining why Nancy Pelosi turned down the Columbia trade deal. So that the white house will fix matters here at home first, and enact the Federal unemployment benefits!! He explained every thing clearly, about the "Unemployment Elephant" in the room that G.W. and his cronies aren't paying any attention to. They here us!! Keep writing faxing, and calling. I'm going too e-mail Mr. McGovern right now and thank him for standing up, what a great guy.Did anyone else see this?
WA state
April 11, 2008, 12:14pm (report abuse)I don't seem too be able to get through to Mr. McGovern's E-mail. Can anyone from his district please contact him and thank him for all of us??
cali 135
April 13, 2008, 9:12am (report abuse)http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2544/show
You can also post here
fed up
April 13, 2008, 2:30pm (report abuse)its time take care of us right here at home. pass the bill asap. some of us have worked over 25-27 years and its not fair that this bill is not past. remember charity begins at home. take care of us first.
Al in SNJ
April 13, 2008, 4:52pm (report abuse)Well it took 9 long months of hard looking to get one. But I found a temp job that will only last a few weeks. But It puts food on the table for my kids. The Government sucks....
unemployedVietVet
April 13, 2008, 5:40pm (report abuse)We can see and hear every night the millions being spent on the presidential campaigns, and the shallow promises they make, while good Americans could use the extended unemployment compensation.
They talk change, but only reflect the same old ways of protecting "the-good-old-buys" network!
Wake up and start looking after those who put you there, and need your help!!!
GeorgieinCA
April 13, 2008, 6:32pm (report abuse)My unemployment is exhausted, my savings is gone. I don't own a home, so I am being evicted from my apt. I worked 25 years of my life and now by the end of the week I will be homeless. I am scared and don't want to live on the streets. Please someone here us!!!!
NOT REPUBLICAN
April 13, 2008, 7:00pm (report abuse)NO ONE WILL EVER SEE ANYTHING! YOUR ALL FOOLING YOURSELFS. BUSH WILL KEEP YOU POOR UNTIL HE LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE. SO GO AHEAD AND KEEP YOU HOPES UP SO THE REPUBLICANS CAN HAVE THE LAST WORD. AND EVERYONE REMBER THAT SOMEONE TOLD YOU SO. THE REPUBLICANS ARE ON A MISSION TO TAKE ALL THEY CAN BEFORE THEY ARE KICKED OUT OF OFFICE. YOU MUST UNDER STAND THAT ALL THEY ARE OUT FOR IS YOUR MONEY. THEY COULD GIVE A RATS ASS IF YOU DON'T HAVE FOOD, CARS, HOUSES OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER. THEY JUST WANT YOU TO SPEND YOUR LAST RED CENT TO PAY YOUR BILLS AND BUY FOOD. THAT WAY THEY HAVE PERFORMED THEIR DUTIES TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. BY HELPING MORE REPUBLICANS AND THEMSELFS. BUT NOT YOU!!!
Feeling Fooled
April 13, 2008, 10:09pm (report abuse)I saw Bush on CNN with a pen in his hand. Guess they ran out of ink when it came to this bill. I've worked in telecom since i served in the USAF 20 years ago My Benefits ran out yesterday.
angela
April 14, 2008, 7:21pm (report abuse)please visit us and sign up to help, we need to all band together on these issues.
www.freewebs.com/workerssurvival2008
Thanks
Angie
April 14, 2008, 9:30pm (report abuse)I am all for the extension! Hubbys UI benefits will run out in June and I have no idea what we will do then! Bush is going to cause a lot of people to loose their houses and everything in life they have worked so hard for. I don't get why he won't pass it, if you don't pass it then you have more people foreclosing and running up debt, thus making the mortgage crisis a whole lot worse than it is now and thus making people spend a lot less in the stores because you have to scrape to pay your bills, let alone go on a shopping spree with the money you don't have! Oh wait that's right we are all supposed to go shopping with these rebate checks!!! HA HA HA! That's a joke all in itself because with the majority of people unemployed those rebates will go strictly for bills and bills only - so that plan will backfire right into Bushs face!! Get ready Bush because here we come!!
DENISE FROM NEW YORK
April 14, 2008, 10:45pm (report abuse)I STARTED WORKING WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD JUST A COUPLE EVENINGS AFTER SCHOOL TO HELP OUT OUR LARGE FAMILY. I HAVE CONTINUED TO HOLD A FULL TIME JOB AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. WELL MY LAST JOB OF 14 YEARS WAS FORCED TO SELL OUT TO OUR COMPETITORS AND AFTER 6 MONTHS OF UNEMPLOYMENT I STILL HAVE NO JOB AND NO PROSPECTS. MY HUSBAND WAS INJURED ON THE JOB AND THEN WHEN THEY FOUND OUT HE NEEDED SURGERY HE WAS LAID OFF. HOW CAN ANYONE MAKE A MORTGAGE PAYMENT ON UMEMPLOYMENT LET ALONE PAY ANY OTHER BILL. ESPECIALLY NOW THAT MY 26 WEEKS OF UNEMPLOYMENT ARE UP WHAT DO WE DO? LOSE EVERYTHING WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR. THEY NEED TO EXTEND THE BENEFITS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
pat
April 14, 2008, 11:34pm (report abuse)This is the bill we need to pass!!
go to opencongress.org and join us in our campaign of contacting politicians, media etc to bring attention to this bill
Kathleen
April 16, 2008, 4:37pm (report abuse)I can't believe we bail out banks and mortgage companies first;! and deny(january '08) the extended benefits for those of us: hard working,ALL THE POLITICIAN-WANTING TO HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS, tax paying for years- UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS!! Is our govenment stupid? Don't answer that.....
Kinda Desparate in Mich
April 17, 2008, 11:01pm (report abuse)13 weeks won't help much but it's better than nothing! Do it!! Considering I've got 2 college degrees and years of diverse work experience, I'm not even having luck finding a minimum wage job. I've been off now nearly a year and have exhausted my IRA in order to keep my house - and have had to pay a significant amount to Fed. Inc. Tax in penalties just to keep my house and health insurance. What's wrong with this picture?
isocareer
April 18, 2008, 12:08am (report abuse)http://www.freewebs.com/usunemployedamericans/
JOHN PAUL JONES
April 19, 2008, 7:39pm (report abuse)ITS TIME FOR THE REVOLUTION....
workerssurvival2008
April 20, 2008, 9:25am (report abuse)A great place to gather and gain information
www.freewebs.com/workerssurvival2008
See ya there!
CA
April 21, 2008, 6:19pm (report abuse)I have already exhausted my benefits since last month. I have been waiting for any answers on the unemployment extension, but nothing as of yet. I don't understand what's taking them so long when they know that the unemployment rate is high, there is lack of jobs, and the economy is down. Something needs to be done ASAP.
Responsible American
April 22, 2008, 11:11pm (report abuse)You all are a bunch of whiners. I bet the Framers--Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, would look upon you all with contempt and total disgust. Government is NOT DADDY! Why were you living beyond your means to begin with, and not saving money, planning ahead for any possibility? Especially if you have kids! To put your kids in danger like that, is irresponsible. You are pathetic. If you can't find work where you are, move. Time to mail in those keys to that house you couldn't afford to begin with, and rent elsewhere. "Give you a job?" HA. You go FIND a job. You'll get nowhere with that victim entitlement mentality.
Tim Cox
April 23, 2008, 6:48am (report abuse)the man who said quit whinning in the blog suck my d^&*
timcox
April 23, 2008, 6:51am (report abuse)to the responsable American you are a a**hole who must be a republican go to hell you bastard
Jeananne
April 23, 2008, 11:02am (report abuse)There are so many friends and familys like mine having a hard time because of no work, we need this so bad, ive been out of work 9 months no unemployment, with 2 children im raising, my family is hurting so much, and there are no jobs what are people like us supposed to tell our children, when there hungry, and need medican, and mommy cant help them because of no money, ive never in all the years ive worked ever been this desperate, someone has to do something soon.
RTP
April 23, 2008, 11:51am (report abuse)Trying looking for a job when your 61 yrs. old.... No one wants to hire a 61 yrs. old man. I need the extened benefits. My benefits ran out in March of 2008.
hmm...
April 23, 2008, 7:05pm (report abuse)I've noticed many people posting here have really poor spelling and grammar. I wonder if that's why you can't get a job.
lol
April 23, 2008, 7:08pm (report abuse)So anyone who advocates personal responsibility instead of whining and wanting a handout or a bailout is an "evil Republican?" Is that the best you can do? I pity you if that is how you really think.
Me
April 23, 2008, 8:55pm (report abuse)Dependency on Government is the antithesis of Freedom.
TO: RESPONSIBLE AMERICAN
April 24, 2008, 4:39am (report abuse)TO: Responsible American...YOU TRAILER TRASH! I AM A PROFESSIONAL AND EVEN FOR ME IS HARD TO FIND WORK. WHY DONT, YOU GET A BOOK AND READ ABOUT ECONOMICS YOU DUMB*SS BASTARD! IT IS OBVIOUS YOU ARE ONE POOR PIECE OF CRAP. ONLY AN IGNORENT LOSER LIKE YOU, WOULD WALK AWAY FROM HIS PROBLEMS, YOU PROBABLY LIVE WITH YOUR MOTHER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY IN A LITTLE TRAILER...BY THE WAY WHAT HAVE YOU DONE THAT IS CONSIDER RESPONSIBE...DO YOU HAVE A BUSINESS? DO YOU VOLUNTEER TO ANY CHARITIES? YOU PROBABLY DONT EVEN HAVE TO PAY TAXES, AND NO PAYING TAXES IS NOT WHAT IS DEDUCTED FROM YOUR PAYCHECK, PAYING TAXES IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO PAY THE IRS 15K 30K DOLLARS...SO TAKE YOUR LOSER ASS OUT OF HERE AND GET YOURSELF AND EDUCATION SO YOU CAN EARN THE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE ME!
TO: Hmmmm
April 24, 2008, 4:48am (report abuse)I've noticed many people posting here have really poor spelling and grammar. I wonder if that's why you can't get a job.????...Are you for real?...lol..you! yourself dont know how to use correct grammar. I am sure you are not a legal secretary!...hey dumb*ss this is the correct grammar-I have noticed that many people posting in here have poor spelling and grammar.
I wonder if that is the reason why you cannot obtain a job.
Lisa
April 25, 2008, 2:41pm (report abuse)Can't believe my life has come to this, begging my government for help. I lost my job due to a back injury. I am willing to work, but no one seems interested in an employee w/restrictions. My benefits are almost over. I have no idea how my family will survive. Being a nurse, I never thought i would have trouble finding a job. The depression is overwhelming.
Keith
April 26, 2008, 6:59am (report abuse)Were paying now for sending all those jobs overseas and not watching are borders.We need help now,pass this bill!!
JEFF
April 26, 2008, 11:14pm (report abuse)THE ECONOMIC STIMULIS PACKAGE CHECKS BEING SENT OUT TO AID AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE SURELY NEEDED!!! MOST CHECKS WILL BE SPENT ON BASIC COMMODITIES LIKE FOOD & FUEL. TO HIS CREDIT, PRESIDENT BUSH HAS INGENIOUSLY FOUND A NEW & CREATIVE WAY TO LINE THE POCKETS OF LARGE PETROLEUM COMPANYS AND INCREASE THEIR PROFITS ONCE AGAIN!!!
PRESIDENT BUSH NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND PUT ASIDE POLITICS AS USUAL AND DO THE RIGHT THING…
“SIGN & PASS” H.R. 5749, THE EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENIFITS TO SUPPORT UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS!!!
THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED!!!
ADDITIONALLY, THE WEAKEND U.S ECONOMY AND INCREASED COST OF DAILY LIVING NECESSITIES, HAS DRIVEN FAR TOO MANY FAMILIES, IN THIS GREAT LAND, INTO UNEXPECTED ECONOMIC HARDSHIP!!!
IT IS NOT A WELCOME FEELING TO REALIZE THAT YOU MAY BE ONE OR TWO CHECKS AWAY FROM LOSING YOUR HOME AND EVERYTHING YOU & FAMILY HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ACHIEVE OVER A LIFETIME!!!
MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
jennie
April 28, 2008, 12:16pm (report abuse)I am going on 58 years old and never been out of work this long. I apply to all kinds of jobs and nothing.. The gov. needs to get with it and pass the extesion already. how much more can we put up with we need the money for gas to go on interviews. Wake up and smell the coffee.
Me
April 28, 2008, 11:48pm (report abuse)Dependency on government is the antithesis of Freedom.
rog
April 29, 2008, 1:40pm (report abuse)When are they going to vote on this?
I already lost two jobs this year and prior to that I stayed with companies on average of 2.5 years. My last job didn't employ me long enough to even establish eligibilty for unemployment and now i have two weeks left. Most emergency type jobs tell me I am overqualified...I guess I will have to start living in a van down by the river or a refridgerator box. Maybe I will eat trash or something. idk. I guess the senators and such don't have to worry about getting let go since they can already give themselves raises. please pass this bill!
PJ
April 30, 2008, 2:54am (report abuse)I'll bet the number of jobs being created in this economy today isn't even close to the number of jobs U.S. corporations are giving away to foreign countries. so sad that our gov't can't/won't even figure out how to solve our ongoing health care crisis. but, u.s companies make sure those cheap wage foreign employees are taken care of and with health benefits too. why doesn't the gov't just hold a huge u.s. auction house for foreigner's to come and buy up our foreclosed homes too. They could call it the "orient express american sellout" Maybe I can get a job cleaning houses for one of our brilliant government leaders or for some foreigner who has bought out a troubled u.s. business. The reality of this situation just demands a revolt by the people.
Judy
April 30, 2008, 9:34am (report abuse)Help, I need the extension, I just ran out of unemployment, I have sent out over 500 resumes. I am a pilot and in real estate both of my careers are serious difficulties.
Victoria
April 30, 2008, 3:31pm (report abuse)My unemployment has run out and after sending out over 100 resumes across 3 states I still can't find a job. I had to leave California and move to Navada to come and live with my daughter. If it wasn't for her I would be living on the streets. I have never faced such a hard time of trying to find work and I have been in my career field for 27 years. I heard on the news that sales of high ticketed items are booming and sales have never been better because all the weathy people are out shopping and buying everthing up. Hell I can't even afford to put gas in my car in case I get a call for a job interview. This is just the most disturbing times I have ever lived in. Please people lets stand togeather and get this bill passed!
Tme to Act
April 30, 2008, 5:42pm (report abuse)When you have alot of unemployed people of the middle class and no money to buy the nessaties of life it is time to act! If we the people can't get our goverment to act then maybe it's time we the people should act, because it is our right. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —And don't forget our second ammendment rights!
Questioning
May 1, 2008, 12:27pm (report abuse)Its disturbing and supportive to see other people having the same struggles like myself. I am disgusted by the comments of those who got on here and berated us all for being whining babies. I was not only abruptly laid off in August of 2007, I was never given my final paycheck from the company I worked for. Who plans for that??? The corporation filed Chapter 11 and employees were put in line with the banks...guess who gets paid first, if ever. It is so discouraging waking up every morning and sending out resumes to everyone and their mother and never getting a call. Its also embarassing every time you see someone and they ask, "any luck?". The answer is always the same..."No." Really puts your self-worth into check. I will not rely on my government to find me a job, if they no longer require me to pay their salaries with my taxes. I thought that was the whole idea...did I miss something???
GINA
May 1, 2008, 1:02pm (report abuse)Please extend the benefits. There are no mortgage related jobs here in CA. Resumes out, no interviews...
concerned
May 1, 2008, 5:18pm (report abuse)yet bush wants to give the mexican military over 1 billion in
funding, instead of us......ridiculous!!!!!!!!
American?
May 1, 2008, 7:27pm (report abuse)I am an American citizen born and raised here in this country. I have worked most of my life and payed taxes and have payed my fare share of taxes including taxes on my unemployment. I was layed off my job back in October and despite all of my efforts to find a new job I have had no luck and now my unemployment has run out and I feel totally abandoned by my own goverment. I am not even sure this is my beloved country anymore, are you?
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING?
May 1, 2008, 7:41pm (report abuse)In response to the Responsible American! Gee, you must be G.W. Bush himself, I bet daddy's so proud of you? After all you are a chip off of the old block!
Me
May 1, 2008, 11:30pm (report abuse)My benefits ran out a while ago. I do not know what to do. They will take my car soon. I am getting married and living off of my husband to be but I ffel like a burden. I went to a 4-year university and I used to have great jobs..now I feel like nothing. We have to buy more rice nowadays in order to stretch food :-(
LW
May 2, 2008, 11:08pm (report abuse)35 yrs same field, over 50 college degree Laid off last Sept Losing home this month Have a son Home is old house low fixed rate Did all right I'm also a conservative Republican I like and respect Bush Some things (like McCain said) govt needs to be involved in esp since the govt and banks created this situation Unemployment & Fed health care for all
To those who judge and shame us know that you only have what you have by the grace of the living God and you can lose it at any time too You are like the one who thanked God He was not a sinner like the others instead of thanking God for saving me, a sinner
You should be wise to help those in need, so they will help you when you are in need. That's the way it is supposed to work. It is greed that has ruined our country, not giving to help others. You want to hoard up for yourself more rather than share the taxes we all pay? You may be the one who will have no right to whine and ask for help when you are in that situation
LW
May 2, 2008, 11:40pm (report abuse)Also, those in their sixties are having their soc sec benefit reduced because it is the last five yrs you work that figure the amt to my understanding, so after all yrs worked, that is what they are getting in the end, they have the right to whine.) Our spelling and grammar are due to only 1000 characters allowed Most of us unemployed now are highly educated and normally highly salaried people but that does not make us better than those unable to obtain a better education or disabled We are not Nazis...are you? We believe that all men are created equal. Also, expound on what you feel makes you so much better than the rest of us? We'd like a good laugh. I challenge you to be brave enough to make a list and post it here why you are much better than us. Because you're employed? Please broaden on that.
LW
May 3, 2008, 1:30am (report abuse)Neither Democrats nor Republicans have any intention of extending unemployment...the democrats just want to sound good Let us remember, when the living God pulls us through these tough times, to remember and help others when we can again. Pray it makes us more compassionate still to those less fortunate and to all. Let's remember how cruel others have been to us so we can be kind when it is our turn. Let's not get angry. Let us be “as poor, yet making many rich.” They remove God's laws which means they remove love. "For all the law is summed up in this, thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself. Love works no ill to his neighbor therefore love fulfills the law"...that's what it is all about...don't lie, don't steal, etc, it's not rules and regulations. We break God's laws and hurt one another but by His grace we have forgiveness through His blood to all who believe, the Passover Lamb. He is my treasure.
Feeling Abandoned
May 4, 2008, 2:23am (report abuse)I never realized how much control other people have over us. I use to think and believe that I controlled my own destiny. I had a great job with great pay and I felt in-control and was happy with my life, than your boss calls you into his office and says we have to lay you off because of a slowdown at work and you try to find another job but its the same story everywhere you go and six months later your unemployment is gone and more and more people are losing their jobs and now we have to beg our goverment to give us an extention. Where is God? because He sure as hell isn't in the Whitehouse!