News Coverage 11/3/09

After sorting through hundreds of articles, here are a few that have some interesting info, not just the same old blahblah

Jobless benefits may be extended

http://www.projo.com/business/content/benefits_extension_11-03-09_9HGAQRE_v7.398758e.html

Discusses how it is expected to move through the House (bypassing the committee that would normally form since the House has pretty much rubber stamped the version the Senate plans to send over).

In part:

Ordinarily, a congressional conference committee would have to form and sort through differences between the Senate and House bills. But there are plans for the House to consider and approve a measure that is identical to the current Senate bill, Reed said. This would allow the measure to move quickly to the White House, allowing for enactment later this month, Reed said.

Also, for those from Rhode Island, this should make you happy:

The state Department of Labor and Training is preparing to implement the measure once it is enacted, Filippone said. “We’ve already started to do the programming,” he said. “So, once the bill is passed and signed, we will be all set to go.” The agency plans to mail letters to everybody who has exhausted their benefits, he said. The letter would include a form they would have to complete and return to apply for extended benefits, he said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29054.html

Senate eyes jobless aid, home credit

Interestingly, more headlines include the home tax credit issue than unemployment. Sort of annoying. This one at least led with the unemployment issue. As with the vast majority of the stories, predictions are that this passes this week, though no one is being tied to a definite date.

In part:

Ending weeks of delay, all but two Republicans joined Democrats on an 85-2 roll call to cut off debate. Procedural obstacles remain, but passage this week appears all but certain. The House is expected to take up the measure next and send it on to President Barack Obama for his signature.

and last, I felt like I needed a shower after reading "news" from this web site, but I am trying to get into teh Republican mind, lol

http://www.rightsidenews.com/200911037118/border-and-sovereignty/us-legislative-immigration-update-november-2-2009.html

From "Right Side News, the Right News for America"

Sen. Reid Blocks Sen. Sessions' E-Verify Amendment to Unemployment Extension Bill

Under legislative updates, in discussing the virtues of E-Verify, in part:

This past week, undeterred by Congress' previous failure to permanently extend E-Verify, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) again took to the Senate floor to fight for American workers and to protect American jobs..... The Sessions amendment will ensure that available jobs would go to American citizens and legal immigrants.

Unfortunately, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed a motion to cut off debate (i.e., invoke cloture) on the unemployment compensation extension bill without first allowing the Senate to vote on the Sessions amendment. The Senate agreed to Reid's "cloture motion," effectively stalling any forward momentum on the Sessions amendment. (Roll Call Vote #329, October 27, 2009). The Senate is expected to vote on final passage of the legislation sometime this week.

So basically, this is how they were trying to tie immigration to the unemployment bill - those IMMIGRANTS are taking our jobs. I personally think this E-Verify system causes more harm than good, but at least I get the connectiong they were *trying* to make to jobs

Other than that, as far as a possibility of one last stall, or the cloture time not running the entire 30 hours, no one is taking a strong stance on way or another....so....as always....stay tunedddddddddddddddd