HR 5749 · 110th Congress · Labor and Employment

Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008

Introduced 2008-04-09· Sponsored by Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]· House

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Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 780 under authority of the order of the Senate of 06/12/2008.(2008-06-13)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2008-06-12
Roll #412 ↗
Yea 274Nay 137
Democrats
225 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
49 Yea·137 Nay
PassedHouse · 2008-06-12
Roll #412 ↗
Yea 274Nay 137
Democrats
225 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
49 Yea·137 Nay
FailedHouse · 2008-06-12
Roll #411 ↗
Yea 170Nay 243
Democrats
3 Yea·224 Nay
Republicans
167 Yea·19 Nay
PassedHouse · 2008-06-12
Roll #410 ↗
Yea 217Nay 185
Democrats
216 Yea·1 Nay
Republicans
1 Yea·184 Nay
FailedHouse · 2008-06-11
Roll #403 ↗
Yea 279Nay 144
Democrats
230 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
49 Yea·144 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 - Provides for federal-state agreements under which a state will make emergency unemployment compensation payments to individuals who: (1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under state or federal law with respect to a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before May 1, 2007); (2) have no rights to regular compensation or extended compensation with respect to a week under such law or any other state or federal unemployment compensation law; and (3) are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada. Requires federal payments to states to cover 100% of such emergency unemployment compensation payments. Provides for handling of fraud and overpayments of such compensation.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008

Apr 17, 2008

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 16, 2008</p>

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H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008

Apr 17, 2008

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 16, 2008

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H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008

Jun 12, 2008

<p>Cost estimate for the substitute Amendment to H.R. 5749</p>

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H.R. 5749, Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008

Jun 12, 2008

Cost estimate for the substitute Amendment to H.R. 5749

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Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

15 Democrats5 Republicans
Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]PA
Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]NY
Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]NV
Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]CA
Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]AK
Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]MI
Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]MI
Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]GA
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]MI
Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]OH
Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]NV
Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]MD
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]NY
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]GA
Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]CA
Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]MN
Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]WI
Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]TN
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]OR
Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]ND