Call Congress - from AFL-CIO. Congress cutting off Unemployment Insurance

[ProfessionalLeftist]

Millions of hardworking Americans will be cut off from the emergency lifeline of federal unemployment insurance, unless Congress acts to fully renew the program before it expires at the end of February.

Congress has never cut back or allowed these programs to expire when unemployment was anywhere near this high for this long.

Yet, as a Congressional conference committee takes it up, House Republicans have pushed for drastic benefit cuts and harsh new requirements—slashing federal unemployment insurance by more than half in the highest unemployment states, and stigmatizing jobless workers with mandatory drug testing.

Their plan would erect harmful new barriers to benefits, making it harder for ordinary Americans to access their unemployment insurance—and force an early cut-off of UI for nearly 3 million Americans this year.

Please call your Members of Congress toll-free at 1-888-245-3381—and tell them to reject cuts and harsh barriers to unemployment insurance benefits—by fully renewing unemployment insurance through 2012.

http://www.nelp.org/page/content/click_to_call_renew_ui_2012/

[hfojvt]

1. does it have to be right focking now?

[crazylikafox]

2. Hey, the economy is improving. It's a focking emergency.

Rethugs gotta do whatever they can to stop our economic recovery in it's tracks.

Next stop: Higher gas prices, higher Payroll taxes, threaten to shut down the gov't. again, yada yada yada

[hfojvt]

3. oddly enough, I support the higher payroll taxes

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/160

I know that goes against the Republican/Reaganomics meme that "tax cuts are always good" but what can ya do?

[hfojvt]

4. Is there little concern about this issue

or just little belief that calling Congress will have an impact. I doubt if it will sway my Republican "representatives", but it's also doubtful that they willl get 400 calls. If they did get 400 calls, they might then be swayed.