Key Votes
S 23 - Unemployment Benefits bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Virgil Goode, Jr. voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- Jan. 8, 2003 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 8, 2003 Executive Signed
- Jan. 7, 2003 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 7, 2003 Introduced
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Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (416-4) - Jan. 8, 2003 (Key vote)
Title: Unemployment Benefits bill
- Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 to extend the temporary extended unemployment compensation (TEUC) program for five months, through weeks of unemployment ending before June 1, 2003.
- Grants a transition period of continuing payments to individuals with amounts remaining in their TEUC account after May 31, 2003, for weeks beginning before August 30, 2003.
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 108-1 - Jan. 8, 2003
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - Jan. 7, 2003
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Sponsors
- Peter G. Fitzgerald (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Max S. Baucus (MT - D)
- Evan Bayh (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D)
- Maria Cantwell (WA - D)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Susan M. Collins (ME - R)
- Thomas A. 'Tom' Daschle (SD - ) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Grassley (IA - R)
- Judd A. Gregg (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D)
- Patty Murray (WA - D)
- William Clarence 'Bill' Nelson Sr. (FL - D)
- Don Nickles (OK - ) (Out Of Office)
- Paul S. Sarbanes (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer (NY - D)
- Arlen Specter (PA - D) (Out Of Office)