Last night, the Senate passed H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2009. The House is expected to pass the Senate version quickly—perhaps today—and President Obama is likely to sign it.
The bill authorizes up to 14 additional weeks of benefits for unemployed workers nationwide, provided they have already exhausted their earlier authorized benefits or [...]
The bill to extend unemployment benefits another little while has gotten a score from the CBO. That’s the Congressional Budget Office, a small agency that does economic modeling and estimates about the spending and revenue effects of pending bills.
You can see the analysis itself by going to the “Learn More” box on the page for [...]
Another bill to extend unemployment benefits was introduced yesterday. The text of the bill isn’t available yet, so I can’t tell you how long it would extend them for. The bill is H.R. 3756.
What’s this about foul-mouthed rants?
The top four most visited bills on the site so far this week deal with unemployment benefits, [...]
There’s lots of enthusiasm out there in the land today because it’s April 15th, the day that personal income tax filings are due.
If you want to see all the bills in Congress related to taxation, check out this page. The Unemployment Benefit Tax Suspension Act is at the top of the list and a perennially [...]
Like Santa delivering presents to all the good little boys and girls, we have added cost estimates to some recent new laws.
Public Law 110-449, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, costs the average U.S. family about $58. You can see some people discussing how to collect their benefits on the page [...]
A cost estimate for the Senate economic stimulus bill has been released. It comes in at a little over $750 in spending per U.S. family. That’s about $240 per person.
The estimate is incomplete. It “does not include potential net costs under title VI, which would require the Secretary of the Treasury to use existing [...]
It’s always interesting to watch the comment boards, and a visitor who simply identifies him or herself as “.” is making the most of them.
“.” is going from bill to bill saying whatever he or she can to rile up other visitors and get them outraged.
On S. 505 and H.R. 549, the tax [...]
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Congress is likely to take up an economic stimulus package when it returns for a lame-duck session this week. The American people should get a look at the plan [...]
Congress returns to work this week to consider an economic stimulus plan. The Senate comes in Monday and the House on Wednesday.
While the broad outlines of that plan can be determined from reading news reports and watching President-Elect Obama’s first weekly address, the details are what matter.
The broad outlines:
- Extension of unemployment benefits. [...]
Among the bills passed in the House during the recent Silly Season was H.R. 6867, the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008. (Not all bills passed in Silly Season are silly.)
The bill would provide seven additional weeks of unemployment checks to those who have exhausted their benefits. People in states where the unemployment rate is [...]