Unemployment group wants Jim Bunning ousted from Baseball Hall of Fame
"Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) should be ousted from the Baseball Hall of Fame because of his block on extending unemployment benefits, according to a group that advocates for the unemployed. The benefits expire Sunday."...
- Update: Headlines and stories can be misleading, it turns out. There is more to it than unfunded unemployment benefits. At the very end of one article:
- •Unemployment insurance: extends unemployment benefits increased payouts and longer duration of benefits through April 5
- •Health Insurance COBRA benefits: extends COBRA health insurance subsidy through March 28
- •Medicare doctor Payment: delays a scheduled cut in Medicare physician payments through March 28
- •Highway funding: highway project funding through March 28
- •Flood Insurance: extends National Flood Insurance Program through March 28
- •Satellite Television: extends copyright license used by satellite television providers through March 28." from CBS News
- (continuing from The Hill): “The most obscene thing he can do is prevent jobless Americans from getting their $350 a week unemployment check,” Rick Sloan, acting executive director of Ur Union of Unemployed, a grass roots organization for unemployed Americans, told The Hill.
- “His legacy as a great ball player is about to be surpassed by his reputation as an obstinate and uncaring ideologue,” Sloan said in a statement....
- “His heartless actions mean millions will not receive their unemployment checks. For his stance, he should be ejected from the Hall of Fame and
- installed in the Hall of Shame,” Sloan said.
- Lobbying sources say legislation extending tax and unemployment benefits could be debated Monday."
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