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mother earth

(6,002 posts) Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:51 PM Jun 2014

Petition Needs DU Love, a Call to Renew Emergency Unemployment Compensation, Congress Needs to Act

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/renew-federal-emergency-unemployment-compensation-euc-program-which-expired-december-28-2013/bhd93htQ

We petition the Obama administration to:
Renew the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program which expired December 28, 2013.

There are over 3.5 million long term unemployed Americans, including over 200,000 military veterans, who have lost EUC benefits since December 28th, 2013.

Please put politics aside and help these hard-working, responsible Americans make ends meet and support their families as they look for a job. For each week that Congress fails to act on this crucial issue, approximately 70,000 more long-term unemployed Americans lose their vital economic lifeline.

Please give John Boehner a call and ask him to allow the House of Representatives to vote on the bipartisan approved Senate bill to extend EUC benefits, which awaits a House vote. Also, please tell Congress to work harder for those who are struggling to get back into the workforce, because our nation's future depends on it.

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Thank you, DU'ers.

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Petition Needs DU Love, a Call to Renew Emergency Unemployment Compensation, Congress Needs to Act (Original Post) mother earth Jun 2014 OP

I think these petitions are just a way for the WH to get our email address randys1 Jun 2014 #1

You can NOT check the box for rec'ing emails from the WH, I think this issue is being abandoned mother earth Jun 2014 #2

Good luck yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #5

Email harvesting. blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #6

got it randys1 Jun 2014 #3

Thanks, randys1, let's hope many DU'ers follow suit. mother earth Jun 2014 #4

randys1

(16,286 posts)

1. I think these petitions are just a way for the WH to get our email address

Reply to mother earth (Original post)

Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:56 PM

Jun 2014

I tried to do it just now with an existing acct and it wanted me to put in a new email address

mother earth

(6,002 posts)

2. You can NOT check the box for rec'ing emails from the WH, I think this issue is being abandoned

Reply to randys1 (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 4, 2014, 07:01 PM

Jun 2014

& it's crucial for the LT unemployed. Our President & Congress needs to get that we care about this issue, regardless of upcoming midterms. TY, randys1, try again?