BREAKING: GOP kills bill on unemployment benefits Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America What just happened is a travesty. And its going to do irreparable damage to millions of lives and the economy. Senate Republicans just voted against a bill that would have reinstated long-term unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans -- including more than 200,000 military veterans -- even after Democrats agreed to offset the costs to meet Republican demands. Harvard economist Lawrence Katz says that the denial of these benefits will cost the economy up to $1 billion a week. Yep, billion with a B. As Salons Brian Beutler argued recently, its almost as if Republicans want to sabotage the economy to take back the Senate in this Novembers election. We cant let that happen. Thats why we need your support to hold Republicans accountable for this outrageous vote and the damage it will do. In a December poll by Hart Research, Americans expressed strong support -- 55% to 34% -- for the extension of long-term unemployment benefits. So why arent Republicans representing their constituents? Politics, pure and simple. As Brian Beutler argued in Salon: Unemployment benefits make peoples lives better and buoy a fragile, but possibly accelerating recovery. Some Republicans are apparently reluctant to give the economy, and by extension the Democrats, a shot in the arm right now.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 07:51:10 +0000
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