Finally some good news if it happens - Reid proposing long term Unemployment Benefits - Read on:

Reid seeks extension of jobless aid
By ANDREW TAYLOR • Associated Press Writer • February 23, 2010

http://www.rgj.com/article/20100223/NEWS12/100223017

".......Facing a Feb. 28 deadline, Reid hopes to pass two measures, one as soon as Tuesday. The first includes a 30-day extension of several of soon-to-expire provisions such as jobless aid, parts of the Patriot Act and prevention of cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.

Reid and McConnell were obviously negotiating the parameters of the second — a broader, longer-term measure — in a private conversation on the Senate floor. A top Reid aide could be overheard suggesting a full-year extension of unemployment insurance and a 65 percent health insurance subsidy for the unemployed through the federal COBRA program.

At issue is extending several layers of additional weeks of benefits that have been approved by Congress since June 2008. The core benefit is 26 weeks, with up to 20 additional weeks in states with high unemployment.

The aide also proposed extending for another six months a provision of last year’s economic stimulus bill in which the federal government pays a higher share of costs for the state-federal Medicaid health care program for the poor and unemployed. The Medicaid help mirrors an Obama administration proposal to give states about $25 billion to help with their Medicaid budgets.

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Some good news if it happens!

But what is that about the Patriot Act??? No idea!

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That thing should be burned on live teevee

Maybe someone can fill us in on that one.
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What are we doing, trying to be like the rest of the civilized world? :sarcasm:

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Isnt it?!!

I have no idea what is going on with that.:shrug:

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