Saturday, February 27, 2010
Kentucky Senator Blocks Unemployment Benefits Extension
KENTUCKY...
The FBI and Homeland Security Officers were at Senator Jim Bunning's office in Hazard Friday after a bomb threat was called in. It's all over a controversial move by the retiring junior senator, who stood up against increased deficit spending for extended unemployment benefits. Time after time Thursday and Friday, Bunning was the lone holdout on a voice vote to extend unemployment benefits for one month at a cost of $10 billion. His actions effectively blocked the bill. The benefits are scheduled to run out on Feb. 28. The expiration of benefits only affects people who are about to run out of the normal 26 weeks of state unemployment benefits, or, people who are reaching the end of their extended federal unemployment benefits tier.
The FBI and Homeland Security Officers were at Senator Jim Bunning's office in Hazard Friday after a bomb threat was called in. It's all over a controversial move by the retiring junior senator, who stood up against increased deficit spending for extended unemployment benefits. Time after time Thursday and Friday, Bunning was the lone holdout on a voice vote to extend unemployment benefits for one month at a cost of $10 billion. His actions effectively blocked the bill. The benefits are scheduled to run out on Feb. 28. The expiration of benefits only affects people who are about to run out of the normal 26 weeks of state unemployment benefits, or, people who are reaching the end of their extended federal unemployment benefits tier.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:20 AM 
