Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in /hermes/bosnacweb08/bosnacweb08bf/b1577/ipg.rifuturecom/RIFutureNew/wp-includes/load.php on line 651
Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /hermes/bosnacweb08/bosnacweb08bf/b1577/ipg.rifuturecom/RIFutureNew/wp-includes/theme.php on line 2241
Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in /hermes/bosnacweb08/bosnacweb08bf/b1577/ipg.rifuturecom/RIFutureNew/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 4387
Deprecated: Function get_magic_quotes_gpc() is deprecated in /hermes/bosnacweb08/bosnacweb08bf/b1577/ipg.rifuturecom/RIFutureNew/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 4387
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /hermes/bosnacweb08/bosnacweb08bf/b1577/ipg.rifuturecom/RIFutureNew/wp-includes/load.php:651) in /hermes/bosnacweb08/bosnacweb08bf/b1577/ipg.rifuturecom/RIFutureNew/wp-includes/feed-rss2.php on line 8 ui crisis – RI Future
http://www.rifuture.org
Progressive News, Opinion, and AnalysisSat, 29 Oct 2016 16:03:26 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25Senator Reed: looking forward to vote on extending unemployment benefits
http://www.rifuture.org/senator-reed-looking-forward-to-vote-on-extending-unemployment-benefits/
http://www.rifuture.org/senator-reed-looking-forward-to-vote-on-extending-unemployment-benefits/#commentsFri, 03 Jan 2014 17:39:44 +0000http://www.rifuture.org/?p=30492Continue reading "Senator Reed: looking forward to vote on extending unemployment benefits"]]>Since the economic crash in 2008, Congress has offered extended unemployment benefits after state benefits run out. Last year, during the fiscal cliff negotiations, Republicans successfully cut off these extended benefits effective last week. But Senator Jack Reed has teamed up with Senator Dean Heller, a Republican from Nevada, to extend the program for another three months.
With a vote looming next week, Senator Jack Reed called into the RI Future newsroom today to speak to the politics behind the issue, as well as the economic and moral imperative to protecting the people out of work “through no fault of their own” from further financial harm.