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National
Key Vote
Unemployment Benefits Extension
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that amends the filing deadline for an extension of unemployment benefits from June 2, 2010 to November 30, 2010, and amends the termination date of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program from November 6, 2010 to April 30, 2011.
Highlights:
-Requires states to determine whether an individual is eligible for emergency unemployment compensation or regular compensation if the individual meets the following criteria (Sec. 3):-Has been eligible for emergency unemployment compensation;
-The benefit year for which the individual was eligible for emergency unemployment compensation has expired;
-Has remaining entitlement to emergency unemployment compensation with respect to that benefit year; and
-Would qualify for a new benefit year in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is at least either $100 or 25 percent less than the weekly benefit in the aforementioned previous benefit year. -Prohibits states from reducing the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation payable during the period of the agreement occurring on or after June 2, 1010 to an amount that is less than the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which would otherwise have been payable during such period, as in effect on June 2, 2010, in order to ensure eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation (Sec. 4).
-Establishes emergency designations for sections 2 and 3 of this Act, related to extending unemployment benefits, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Sec. 5).
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:hr4213:
House Passage: 12/09/2009 : Bill Passed 241 - 181 (Roll no. 943) Senate Passage With Amendment: 03/10/2010 : Bill Passed: 62 - 36 (Record Vote Number 48)
NOTE: THIS BILL WAS AMENDED BY STRIKING THE ENTIRETY OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF THE BILL AND REPLACING IT WITH THE TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE NEW BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY; IT MAY ADDRESS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SUBJECT. House Concurrence Vote With Amendment: 05/28/2010 : Concurrence Vote Passed: 215 - 204 (Roll no. 324)
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A VOTE TO CONCUR WITH THE ENTIRE BILL TEXT; THE QUESTION WAS DIVIDED INTO PORTIONS, EACH OF WHICH REQUIRES A SEPARATE VOTE. THE PORTION OF THE BILL TEXT THAT THIS CONCURRENCE VOTE APPLIES IS ENUMERATED IN THE SUMMARY. House Concurrence Vote: 05/28/2010 : Concurrence Vote Passed 245 - 171 (Roll no. 325)
NOTE: THIS IS NOT A VOTE TO CONCUR WITH THE ENTIRE BILL TEXT; THE QUESTION WAS DIVIDED INTO PORTIONS, EACH OF WHICH REQUIRES A SEPARATE VOTE. THE PORTION OF THE BILL TEXT THAT THIS CONCURRENCE VOTE APPLIES IS ENUMERATED IN THE SUMMARY. Senate Cloture Vote: 07/20/2010 : Cloture Invoked: 60 - 40 (Record Vote Number 209)
NOTE: INVOKING CLOTURE REQUIRES A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY OF THE SENATE. IT IS NOT A VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, BUT RATHER LIMITS FURTHER DEBATE TO 30 HOURS. CLOTURE IS TYPICALLY USED TO END A FILIBUSTER. A FAILED CLOTURE VOTE OFTEN PREVENTS THE LEGISLATION FROM EVER COMING TO A VOTE. Senate Concurrence Vote With Amendment: 07/21/2010 : Concurrence Vote Passed: 59 - 39 (Record Vote Number 215) House Concurrence Vote: 07/22/2010 : Concurrence Vote Passed 272 - 152 (Roll no. 463) President Passage: 07/22/2010 : Signed Became Public Law Number 111-205
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles (D-NY)
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