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The Senate failed to pass a $10 billion measure that would extend unemployment benefits that are set to expire for 1.1 million Americans this weekend. Late on Thursday and again Friday morning ...
The Senate voted earlier this week to extend unemployment benefits, allowing Sen. Jim Bunning to watch college basketball in peace and the jobless to collect benefits while looking for work.
The 2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois took place on November 2, 2010. There were two ballot items for the same seat: a general election, to fill the Class 3 seat beginning with the 112th United States Congress beginning on January 3, 2011, and a special election, to fill that seat for the final weeks of the 111th Congress .
**UPDATE** The Senate moved forward with the unemployment benefits extension bill, which will provide retroactive benefits until the end of the year, effectively beating the Republican filibuster ...
The 2010 elections for the Illinois Senate was conducted on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The 2010 primary election was conducted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010. State Senators elected this year sat for two year terms, all of which expired at the beginning of the next General Assembly.
Voters approved the Illinois Governor Recall Amendment, allowing voters to hold recall elections of Illinois Governors. [5] In order to be approved, the measure required either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections. [6] The 60% support threshold was exceeded. [5] [6]
For the millions of Americans currently unable to find jobs, Thursday's vote by the House of Representatives to extend jobless benefits was a largely symbolic gesture because the Senate version ...
July 22, 2010: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010, Pub.L. 111-205; July 29, 2010: Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010; August 3, 2010: Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111–220 (text) August 10, 2010: Securing the Preservation of Our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act, Pub. L. 111–223 (text)