Still Stalling on Unemployment Insurance Extension
The next stop would be the House, which passed a different unemployment bill in September. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that chamber leaders will take up the Senate bill as soon as it arrives from the upper chamber.
“Why they had to wait a week to get the vote is beyond me,” Hoyer told reporters. “Having said that, we will consider the UI when it comes over.”
There was also this article:
Rep Hoyer: House To Take Up Jobless Benefits Bill
http://www.easybourse.com/bourse/actualite/rep-hoyer-house-to-take-up-jobless-benefits-bill-755023
In part:
A top House Democrat said Tuesday that legislation extending federal unemployment insurance benefits will be brought up by the House for a vote shortly after it is passed by the Senate.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (D., Md.) said at a weekly press conference that the legislation extending the benefits is a "critically important issue" and said the House will take it up as soon as possible.
Hoyer said two additions to the bill in the Senate to extend a home buyers' tax credit and open a one-off window for all businesses to write off losses incurred in the past two years against profits earned in earlier years would likely be acceptable to House lawmakers.
"I would prefer they did not do the changes they had affected, but they did, and I think they will be acceptable," Hoyer said.
If anyone has the time and ability to make a call tomorrow, Majority Leader Hoyer can be reached at:
1705 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone - (202) 225-4131
Fax - (202) 225-4300
Maybe someone can get some clarification on what "shortly after" really means to us. Ok, with that, I am REALLY taking tomorrow off! Good luck everyone :)
At least it sound promising.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the article.