Republicans block unemployment benefits - again.

The Republicans in the House voted again to block unemployment benefits for those out of work.
Note: Half of the House members are millionaires.

Allowing Federally Supported Unemployment Insurance Benefits To Expire Would Cost Jobs and Could Endanger the Fragile Recovery Hundreds of thousands of jobless Californians who are struggling to find work in the weakest job market in decades face the prospect of struggling to make ends meet without federally supported Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits, which will expire just before the holidays unless Congress acts soon. A new CBP analysis finds that allowing emergency UI benefits to expire would deliver a sharp blow to the economy and could endanger the fragile recovery. The analysis concludes that Congress should continue federally supported UI benefits until the job market shows strong signs of recovery. California Budget Project.