Politics

Congress Links + Unemployment Benefits

By Sunlight Foundation & Participatory Politics Foundation

The major unemployment bill (H.R. 4213) is of course our most-commented and most-tracked bill by users over the past month. For all the best info: peruse its latest news and blog coverage from around the Web, see the highest-rated user comments, visit our community-generated Benefit Wiki project to better understand how it affects your state, read our helpful past coverage of the bill’s long journey, and send us your questions: writeus at opencongress dot org.

Today’s Congress Links ::

• Republicans delay the vote to extend unemployment benefits for those who have been out work.(Reuters)
• Gail Russell Chaddock discusses why extending unemployment has been so difficult this time around.(Christian Science Monitor)
• Sens. Charles Schumer, (D-NY) and Tom Harkin, (D-IA) are urging the Federal Reserve for more credit card protection. (AP)
• The Senate Judiciary Committee approves Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.(LA Times)
• House and Senate Democrats fight over the delay of the food safety bill. (Washington Post)
• The Senate Democrats overcome a threat of a filibuster to pass unemployment extension benefits.  More coverage of this is on our blog. (NY Times)
• With the passage of unemployment benefits extensions, Republicans say that the US cannot spend more money than it has. (ABC News)
• Senate Democrats have said the House Democrats may cut education money in order to pass a war speding bill. (CNN)
• Senate Democrats may not get enough votes to pass environmental legislation. (Washington Post)
• President Obama urges Congress to pass equal pay legislation. (USA Today)
• Sponsoring 137 bills, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is rated the most active member of Congress. (US News)

Today’s helpful bundle of Links come from OC Research Assistants Jason Rhee and Hilary Worden. Image of Sen. Schumer (who we must resist calling Chuck, as we esteem the U.S. gov’t and don’t [yet] know him personally, although Senator, holler at us, some of us are your constituents in NYC yo!) via our data- and talent-rich news partners Daylife.

Full post as published by Open Congress on July 22, 2010 (boomark / email).