Jobless benefits extension stalls in Senate, By Janet Hook, June 16, 2010, Los Angeles Times: “An effort to extend benefits for the long-term unemployed stalled Tuesday on Capitol Hill when the Senate voted 45-52 to block the $140-billion catchall bill that also would delay a Medicare fee cut, extend a hodgepodge of expiring tax cuts, and includes other provisions that Democrats say will help stimulate job growth. Although the bill also included tax increases on investment managers and oil companies to help offset the cost, it has run into opposition from Republicans as well as many Democrats who are worried about adding to the burgeoning budget deficit…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty