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Voting Record on Legislation that Involves Welfare and Poverty

Senate

Jeffery Merkley
U.S. Senate: Senator
Democratic Next Election Year: 2014

Education:
MA, Princeton University, 1982 BA, Stanford University, 1979

Profession:
Former National Security Analyst, Congressional Budget Office Former Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity, Portland Former Director of Housing Development, Human Solutions Former National Security Analyst, United States Congress Former President, World Affairs Council of Oregon

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Voting Record on Legislation Involving Welfare and Poverty

(2010) HR 4213 Unemployment Benefits Extension

Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (59/39)

Summary: -Requires states to determine whether an individual is eligible for emergency unemployment compensation or regular compensation if the individual meets the following criteria (Sec. 3):

-Has been eligible for emergency unemployment compensation; -The benefit year for which the individual was eligible for emergency unemployment compensation has expired; -Has remaining entitlement to emergency unemployment compensation with respect to that benefit year; and -Would qualify for a new benefit year in which the weekly benefit amount of regular compensation is at least either $100 or 25 percent less than the weekly benefit in the aforementioned previous benefit year.-Prohibits states from reducing the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation payable during the period of the agreement occurring on or after June 2, 1010 to an amount that is less than the average weekly benefit amount of regular compensation which would otherwise have been payable during such period, as in effect on June 2, 2010, in order to ensure eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation (Sec. 4). -Establishes emergency designations for sections 2 and 3 of this Act, related to extending unemployment benefits, for the purposes of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Sec. 5).

Merkley's Vote

Y

(2010) HR 4213 Unemployment Benefits Extension

Outcome: Cloture Invoked (60/40)

Summary: -Requires states to determine whether an individual is eligible for emergency unemployment compensation or regular compensation if the individual meets the following criteria (Sec. 3):

Merkley's Vote

Y