With addition, Senate expected to extend unemployment benefits
Update: COBRA’s extinction will add millions to rolls of uninsured Senate Democrats say that with the senator taking over the seat vacated by the death of Robert Byrd, they should finally have enough...
View ArticleHouse passes extension of unemployment benefits, without COBRA
Update: COBRA’s extinction will add millions to rolls of uninsured Members of the U.S. House of Representatives approved an extension of unemployment benefits to Nov. 30, retroactive to June 2. COBRA...
View Article‘Compassionate’ Congress and Obama refuse to extend COBRA
They are so far removed from ordinary life that they have no clue the harm their politically calculated actions can wreak on fellow Americans. And they just don’t care. The House and Senate have...
View ArticlePelosi: Social Security cuts should not be part of federal deficit fix
The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives doesn’t want to trim Social Security benefits to ease the federal deficit. Nancy Pelosi House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said at a conference in Las...
View ArticleN.Y. man, mother and co-worker accused in $488,000 benefits scheme
A Bronx, N.Y., man, his mother and his former co-worker were indicted for allegedly stealing $488,000 in unemployment benefits by creating false businesses and using others’ identities to collect...
View ArticleVa. group, others want unemployment benefits extended, tax cuts ended
Update: Obama, Republicans cut deal on tax cuts, estate tax, worker benefits A Virginia grassroots organization, Virginia Organizing, is joining with two national groups to call on the new Congress to...
View ArticlePelosi says jobless won’t get help on benefits from House GOP
Update: Obama, Republicans cut deal on tax cuts, estate tax, worker benefits Rep. Nancy Pelosi, outgoing speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, says jobless people looking for an extension of...
View ArticleObama, Republicans cut deal on tax cuts, estate tax, worker benefits
Update: Obama ends uncertainty about income, estate tax rates for 2011, 2012 President Barack Obama said he has compromised with Republicans, serving up an extension on Bush-era tax cuts in return for...
View ArticleU.S. House Democratic Caucus says no to Obama tax compromise
Update: Obama ends uncertainty about income, estate tax rates for 2011, 2012 Members of the Democratic Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives say they will not allow the compromise extending...
View ArticleObama ends uncertainty about income, estate tax rates for 2011, 2012
President Barack Obama signed into law Dec. 17 a tax compromise bill that preserves Bush-era income tax rates for two years, while establishing a maximum estate tax rate of 35% on inheritances...
View ArticleReid to push to extend unemployment, COBRA benefits again
Update: COBRA’s extinction will add millions to rolls of uninsured U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he will renew his effort to win Congress’ approval for extending unemployment benefits,...
View ArticleTo win extension of unemployment benefits and COBRA, spend wisely
News Update: View House passes extension of unemployment benefits, without COBRA Perhaps it’s wise, as Harry Reid sees it, for Congress to extend unemployment benefits and COBRA. Certainly, helping...
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