Unemployment Benefits Extension Fails House Supermajority Vote
Posted By thestatedtruth.com on November 18, 2010
Let’s look behind the scenes here.   This vote required a supermajority in the House of Representatives because of a legislative tactic purposely used by the Democrats. So…It required approval from two-thirds of the House for passage and was (solely) used to portray Republicans as unsympathetic.Â
Current benefits are now set to expire on Nov. 30 for an estimated 4 million Americans.
Legislation that would have extended unemployment benefits for an additional three months failed to earn the required supermajority in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The final vote was 258-154, ordinarily sufficient to pass legislation. But Democrats brought the measure to the floor using a legislative tactic that required approval from two-thirds of the House.  This was an effort to portray Republicans as unsympathetic to the plight of Americans still struggling to seek employment.
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