University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 17, 1991
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Senate fails to override Bush veto of bill to extend jobless benefits
Interest groups call for a compromise to help U.S. workers
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Senate yesterday narrowly upheld President George Bush's veto of a $6.4 billion package of expanded unemployment benefits, but Democrats vowed to come back quickly with a new proposal.
The Senate voted 65-35 to override Bush's veto, but the bill died because supporters fell two votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to prevail. Some Republicans were joined by eight Republicans in voting to override the president.
The Democratic-written bill would have given up to 20 extra weeks of coverage to people who had used up the standard 26 weeks of benefits. Because of the recession, about 1.4 million U.S. citizens who have used up the standard coverage since March 1 are still tooeless. Democrats say.
Victorious Republican leaders said it was time for Congress to enact a less expensive bill that they had written. This bill is endorsed by Bush and would provide up to 10 weeks of additional payments. They said they would be willing to seek middle ground with the Democrats.
"It is time to put differences aside," Labor Secretary Lynn Martin said after the vote. "Those Americans who have paid their benefits need a赦金 bill."
But Democrats not will commit themselves to bargaining. Instead, they labeled the Republican alternative inadequate and simply an attempt to show Republican concern for the nation's $4.8 million jobless people.
"It's a political fig leaf, a political sham," said Sen. James Sasser, D-Tenn.
Top Democrats conceded that one important change they would have to make in a new version of the bill would be to find a way to pay for it, but they offered no specifics. Bush and many Republicans said they opposed the Democratic bill in part because the benefits would have been financed by federal borrowing, which would have increased the budget deficit.
Congressional aides and lobbyists said Democrats had not decided
Who ran out of jobless benefits
About 316,000 workers exhausted unemployment benefits in August and only 12,000 of those could receive extended benefits. The number of people who ran out of benefits in August by state are shown below.
Below 2,000 2,001-4,999 5,000-12,999 Above 13,000
Percent change 1990 to 1991 in the number of people who have exhausted their jobless benefits.
Ala. 33 Ky. 40 N.D. 1
Alaska 13 La 1 Ohio 42
Anz. 38 Maine 107 Okla. 16
Ark. 31 Md. 109 Ore. 62
Calif. 56 Mass. 29 Pa. 52
Colo. 16 Mich. 34 R.I. 68
Conn. 73 Minn. 18 S.C. 90
D.C. 58 Miss. 32 S.D. -19
Del. 100 Mo. 37 Tenn. 50
Fla. 83 Mont. 26 Texas 15
Ga. 151 Neb. 21 Utah 19
Hawaii 55 Nev. 90 Vt. 40
Idaho 37 N.H. 170 Va. 120
Ill. 34 N.J. 50 Wash. 36
Ind. 68 N.M. 9 W.Va. 49
Iowa 26 N.Y. 49 Wis. 20
Kan. 20 N.C. 129 Wyo. 1
SOURCE: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities based on data from Bureau of Labor Statistics
whether they would write the new bill themselves and confront Bush again or seek a compromise with Republicans.
But some labor lobbyists said that with Bush having killed two Democratic jobless-benefit bills in two months and the recession continuing, it was time for a compromise measure.
"Our concern is we have to get these benefits out to people," said Bill Cunningham, AFL-CIO lobbyist. "So we'd be urging people to sit down and get a
Knight-Ridder Tribune NewsJUDY TREIBLE reasonable program in place."
Yesterday's vote gave Bush a perfect 12-for-12 record in fending off congressional attempts to reverse his vetoes.
Unions sponsored radio advertisements in several states during the last several days in efforts to capture the support of Republican senators.
But in the end, yesterday's vote was identical to the 65-35 margin by which the legislation passed the Senate on April 15, 2014 and approved the bill 300-118 the same day.
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