On Tuesday, the long debate between the ideas of extending the unemployment benefits has finally been resolved. The Senate has finally decided to give extensions to unemployment benefits to Americans who have been out of work for about six months or more.
On a 60 to 40 vote, the Senate agreed to finally end the debate on the $34 billion plan to give out added compensation to those who have used up all of their standard 26 weeks worth of aid.
About 2 million Americans were faced with the fact that their benefits were gone over the past 2 months while they waited for this debate to end.
I feel happy at the fact that a lot more Americans will receive the aid that they need from now on. With the new benefits on its way, a lot of people will now be able to relax a little bit. Because of the current economic state we are in, this little extra benefit to the unemployed will help them greatly, especially those that had already used all of their usual standard 26 weeks worth of aid.
Although a lot of unemployed people will now receive the extra aid that they need to get through their daily life, I feel that this debate shouldâÂÂve been decided a lot sooner. All of the time that was used to settle this idea could’ve been used to provide more aid to the unemployed. Although there is a lot to consider since this is a $34 billion plan, this issue shouldâÂÂve been dealt with more efficiently so that people could receive aid sooner.