Religion & Law

JOBPOCALYPSE NOW: This week, the Senate is expected to extend jobless benefits to more than 5 mill
JOBPOCALYPSE NOW: “This week, the Senate is expected to extend jobless benefits to more than 5 million Americans through the end of the year. It is the sixth time in nearly two years that they?ve expanded or extended unemployment benefits ? putting off, again, a day of reckoning our political leaders [...

Assembly passes extended unemployment benefits
The state Assembly on Monday passed a bill to extend unemployment benefits in California, as lawmakers here took the first steps in drawing billions of dollars from the federal stimulus package...

Bill giving gay federal workers full benefits reintroduced
The two senators who led the fight to repeal the military?s ?don?t ask, don?t tell? policy are once again trying to extend full domestic benefits to the partners of gay federal employees...

House Votes to Extend Patriot Act Provisions
The House of Representatives has passed 315 to 97 a bill to extend for a year key provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Associated Press reported...

Sen. Jim Bunning Holds Up Unemployment Benefits Extension
Unemployment benefits for 400,000 Americans are set to run out in the next week, and a bill that could extend them is being held up by a lone Senator. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky and former Major League Baseball pitcher, has objected to extending jobless benefits, which are attached to a larger spending bill [...

Extension of Jobless Benefits Approved in House
According to the NYT, a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits failed in the house by three votes last Wednesday, but passed the bill the next day. Republicans said the passage was because some Republicans who opposed the bill were....

Military Veterans Benefits
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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
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Military Veterans Benefits, Part 3
Other Benefits

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 4
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Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
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Federal Transportation Equity Act of 2005
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Immigrant SSI
US Federal Government agrees to extend benefits in class action settlement.

Phone Bill Reduction
Qwest agrees to $16 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Juniper Ridge
Bend City agrees to pay Juniper Ridge Partners a $2.56 million settlement regarding city development.

Retired Steel Workers Win Pension Benefits Class Action for $51 Million
Retired Steel Workers Win Pension Benefits Class Action for $51 Million

Spa Factor
Aromatherapy Fountain & Bath Benefits Kits Recalled