Vote Today Fails To Get 2/3 Of The House

The US House of representatives failed to receive a super majority vote today under suspension of the rules to extend HR 4213 for another three months.  FIREDOGLAKE also has the vote today tallied at 258-154 (falling shy of the 2/3 needed under suspension of the rules).  This bill was brought quickly to the floor and just announced yesterday.

With a vote of 258-154 in the House the bill is certain to pass the House of Representatives soon but no one knows how long the wait will be in the United States Senate or if they will be able to meet the deadline that is counting down on the right panel of this blog.  More information as it is known will be posted.

There is no indication whatsoever that additional weeks of unemployment will ever be added beyond the maximum possible amount of 99 weeks.

House Democrats Push For 3 Month Extension Of Unemployment Benefits - No Tier 5

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill to prevent two million people from losing their unemployment benefits during the holidays.

Congress has until the end of the month to reauthorize federally-funded unemployment benefits currently supporting five million long-term jobless (practically, they have just until Friday because of a Thanksgiving break next week). If the federal benefits are allowed to lapse, waves of people will prematurely stop receiving them, with two million people facing a cutoff by the end of the year.

Full story:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/17/house-democrats-push-for-_n_784996.html

Obama pushes for extension of jobless benefits as weekly claims rise - The Hill's On The Money

Obama pushes for extension of jobless benefits as weekly claims rise - The Hill's On The Money