BREAKING: John Boehner Screws The Unemployed, Kills Unemployment Benefits Extension

[Cali_Democrat]

Boehner rejects bipartisan plan as 'unworkable'
By Lisa Mascaro
March 19, 2014, 1:08 p.m.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill to extend unemployment insurance for more than 2 million jobless Americans is poised to clear the Senate next week, but House Speaker John A. Boehner is raising new concerns that it could be costly for states to administer and could lead to fraud.

Boehner's objections echo warnings from the National Assn. of State Workforce Agencies, which has repeatedly urged Congress not to attach cumbersome new eligibility requirements. States have "antiquated" computer systems that cannot quickly implement new rules, the group warned Wednesday, and may end up giving aid to those who are ineligible.

The potential problems "are cause for serious concern," Boehner said, urging the Senate to shelve the legislation. "The bill is also simply unworkable."

Ten senators broke a stalemate to reach the bipartisan accord on the jobless aid package -- primarily by attaching Republican-led initiatives, such as prohibiting aid to millionaires. But the state workforce association, which represents state administrators responsible for implementing unemployment insurance, says the bill would be "very hard to administer."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-boehner-unemployment-congress-unworkable-20140319,0,1569765.story#ixzz2wRZtq0Oj

Just another reminder of how important the 2014 elections are.

GOTV

[msanthrope]

1. Thanks Obama!!! nt

[Cali_Democrat]

4. What's really crazy about this...

is that Republicans asked for these new requirements in order to pass the extension, but Boehner is rejecting the bill because the requirements are too cumbersome.

You just can't make this shit up.

[hobbit709]

2. Is anyone really surprised by this? If you are, you haven't been paying attention.

[Jefferson23]

3. Republican Party hates people, 99% of them. n/t

[hfojvt]

5. of course, they wouldn't vote for it either

if they dropped those "Republican-led initiatives"

I find it disgusting that millionaires even collect unemployment.

Not sure why it is so hard to make THEM ineligible. The state didn't have any problem declaring me ineligible when I told them I could not take a job on the day shift because of my business.

But it wasn't a computer system then either.

[spanone]

6. worse house leader ever. ever. ever.

[Mass]

7. They are, and not only on the House side. The requirements added to the bill to get 5 Republicans

to vote for it are ridiculous and the bill is far too short (5 months) and would have to be revisited before the election.

[immoderate]

8. Boehner is determined to prove government is totally incompetent.

But he's good at that.

--imm

[Cali_Democrat]

9. Indeed:

From Tom Tomorrow:

[napkinz]

12. The Teapublican Brain

[leftyohiolib]

10. not voting has consequences

[kelliekat44]

11. Amen. But how do you get the non-voters to understand this? nt

[bluestate10]

13. We may not have to get them to understand.

Many of the people being hurt are non-voters, maybe they will arrive at the conclusion that they must protect their interests by voting.

[Orsino]

16. Only by voting for good Dems and progressives who *will* work for all.

Citizens United makes electing such folk nearly impossible.

[napkinz]

14. Republicans have a message ...

[napkinz]

15. Ed Schultz covering story right now on MSNBC

nt

[taught_me_patience]

17. I think there needs to be a discussion about the correct time to stop extending unemployment

We are five years into the recovery and the unemployment rate is below 7%. I personally think that it's probably a good time to stop extending benefits.

[Cali_Democrat]

18. So then what happens to the 2 million people who don't have jobs

How do they pay their bills?

[taught_me_patience]

19. They need to get a job

Employment is projected to reach pre-recession levels by june. We have reached a full recovery and it is unlikely the long term unemployment rate will dip much below 6%.

[Cali_Democrat]

20. But there aren't enough jobs.