Cleaver Says Cost of 99ers Bill “Prohibitive” at Obama Meeting. In an exchange during their meeting last Wednesday with the President, CBC Chair Emanuel Cleaver called the cost of the 99ers bill (H.R. 589 sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee of California) “prohibitive.”
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In Rep. Cleaver’s words: “It was what I expected because my staff had done a lot of research on it. And we found that the cost of that program would be between $14 and 20 billion dollars which is cost prohibitive. So there was no point in the President saying, ‘yeah I support it…’ when I laid it out I said to him, ‘Mr. President, I’m going to raise this, and this is one of our issues because this is one of our issues — it’s an issue among our members…’ I ended it by saying, however, I understand that the cost is enormous. He (President Obama) said (to Rob Nabors sitting on the sofa) ‘Rob how much is it?’ And Rob said, ‘between 14 and 20 billion’ and I said, let’s move on. Because there was no point — that’s not going to happen,” recounted Cleaver.
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Rob Nabors is the White House Director of Legislative Affairs, former Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The above exchange may explain why Rep. Barbara Lee went silent and did not comment last week as I asked her had she heard any 99er news from the White House meeting. Lee, a member of the Appropriations Committee, has said in the recent past that there is a way to pay for the bill. The other factor is that the legislation has not been scored by GAO. The total price of the legislation has always been a point of discussion. Reps. Lee and Bobby Scott have a meeting with Speaker Boehner and Eric Cantor on H.R. 589 later this week. I already called around for reaction and response regarding this exchange has been slow or non existent — not unlike most things on Capitol Hill.
Interestingly, unemployment extensions and the plight of the 99ers was one of five subjects brought up by the five members of the CBC meeting with the President on Wednesday. The members present were Reps. Emanuel Cleaver, G.K. Butterfield, Yvette Clarke, Andre Carson and Del. Donna Christensen of the Virgin Islands.
Obama has just lost my vote. He doesn’t give a damn about anyone. Rot in hell, you son of a bitch!
This is pitiful!! We’ve spent so much money on other countries and tax breaks for the wealthy and now helping the American people is COST PROHIBITIVE???
I was going to ask if it would be more cost effective to have all of us on unemployment & welfare but a fellow sufferer pointed out that these programs are on the chopping block. I think under the heading of “Budget Cuts”. So I guess the answer would be “yes”. How sad is that? THe ones that need help the most will be abandoned (once again).
Where will we all be then? Out on the streets? This does not make for a happy people. And we’ve seen what unhappy people can do in Egypt & Libya.
Such a shame. I used to be so proud to be an Ameircan. Now I just feel left behind by politics which is the only bipartisan part of our government. Both Republicans and Democrats are only intterested in the next election. Well guess what, folks. There are MILLIONS of us. AND WE VOTE. 2012 is not that far away.
How nice to be in a position that you can just say ok lets move on. Not even a blink of an eye. Wow must be nice to be able to put millions of people out of your mind and not even think twice. Lets move on! Lets move on to the White House lawn. Its time for a sit in or sit on! We have been to quite and we wont get noticed until we start making lots of noise. We are literally dieing and our government does not care!!! But we can fund wars! They are destroying this country while our troups are fighting in other countries and this government is taking their homes away also! I would not want to be a politician today. Time to start taking back OUR country! We need to get more organized.
We neew to camp outside the white house to make a statement.
Sorry I mean’t need. We are really getting no pubilcity at all…NO news on any 99ers our protesting. this is sic and sad and nothing is not and will not be done about our issue and even more is they have made it so that we can not even afford to get where we need to be to protest.
Reading the article and Cleaver’s statement leaves me confused as to whether he (Cleaver) is telling Obama that $16-20 billion is “cost prohibitive” or is Obama saying this to Cleaver??? Because if Cleaver is saying this then he is the one shooting it down as not being worth the effort… Can someone clarify this statement? Maybe I read it wrong.
Lee and Scott will meet with Boehner and Cantor on Thursday to discuss HR 589 and how it will be paid for. If this is the feeling beforehand that the cost is prohibitive then the meeting is moot. Plus add the budget cuts and budget agreement to expire Friday makes this a tricky time to bring this issue up. The Democrats and Republicans are playing with the lives of the unemployed/99ers as if it they were in a game of high stakes poker. With both sides wanting to walk away with the pot. Leaving the 99ers holding the bag.
They seem to be dragging this issue of the 99ers on and on as if to discourage us. Their hope is that by 2012 we will cease to exist, much less matter in the equation. We the unemployed/99ers had better stand up and start making our own demands, Stating them loud and clear with no apologies. Our survival and those of our children depend on it. Waiting for these soulless opportunists to do it for us will end with us in dire straits. They talk a good game if you’re impressed with jive talk; but their end results leaves much to be desired. I for one am tired of the empty rhetoric that we are being spoon fed every few months.
I choose not to support much less vote for any of them in 2012. If and when any of them show that they care about the welfare and well-being of us, the American citizen, I will then and only then, change my mind. Until then they can all kick rocks.
Well it is too bad no one has the balls to remind President Obama the TARP bail outs he voted for, for example, were cost prohibitive but he backed the bankers anyway while we all paid the price.
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Please stop begging for more unemployment benefits. It’s embarrassing.
You want to increase Black employment, spend more money with Black owned businesses, Make sure Black businesses get their share of governent contracts.
Focus on creating more jobs.
FDR created 4 million jobs in one month, 20 million over the life of the program, when he
signed the Federal Emergency Relief Act into law.
President Obama could sign a similar act into law.
Hire 5-10 million Americans, pay them 10-20,000 dollars each, for 100 billion dollars.
Think about the positive ripple effect. .
Talk about the cutting tax subsidies and loop holes for big oils and
major corporations.
Don’t agree to the job killing Republican tax cuts. (700,000) jobs.
Let the public know who will be effected by the cuts.
Let the public know the best way to cut the deficit is to increase employment
No need for further cuts in the FY 2011 budget.
400,000 new jobs over the last 2 months cut the deficit by 60 billion. ( 40 billion in new tax revenues and 20 billion few dollars spent on public assitance.
Regarding long term, go back to Clinton era tax rates. That would bring in an extra 400 billion dollars a year. Many of you voted on a budget that brought the down the deficit and created more jobs. Let the public know.
Charles Brister
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I also would like to know who said let’s move on. Was it Cleaver or Obama?? I for one will not be voting for Obama in 2012 nor will I be voting for anyone running again in Congress no matter what party they are from. I will also do everything in my power to get friends, relatives and anyone who will listen not to vote for more hope and change that we never see. I will write in my dogs name before voting for any of the greedy corporate puppets that are supposed to be working for WE THE PEOPLE, not THEM THE CORPORATIONS!!!
The 99ers have been ignored for over a year now and the suffering continues to get worse along with the number of 99ers in this country. If it cost 14-20 billion now, it is going to cost 50 billion by 2012 to save millions of Americans from dying in the streets. The greed in Congress must stop and we need people in there that understand the Middle Class not ones who only want to line their own pockets with more cash. Not a single one of you in Congress or the White House has done anything to get the 99ers some relief. Now the GOP wants to cut the only programs we can use to try and survive and if the Democrats bend over like Obama did to the GOP and gave the Bush tax cuts to the rich again…well you all deserve to lose your jobs. It’s too bad you have your cushy retirement and still won’t suffer the way we are. That is another thing that we the people need to fight for…equality to all, including those of you in CONGRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don’t earn the money you make and you don’t deserve to make rules for the people you are so out of touch with and don’t care about. Enough lies…we’ve heard it all and we aren’t going to sit back and let anyone cause our death before our time like our government is trying to do.
I do not understand why 99ers will not show up in Washington DC in big numbers. We are in the fight of our lives and so far the politicians are winning. They are there to represent the people, not to stab us in the back. It was politicians along with corporations that created this situation. They have pulled a reversal on the 99ers to make it look like it is our fault. That is complete nonsense. We either find a way to get to DC or die.
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Cindy, I AGREE WITH YOU!!! I will not vote for anyone either and hell yeah, that includes that weak, self-centered Obama! I have family and friends who work who said they will not vote for anyone running again including Obama in 2012! BTW, your dog would probably do a better job than these idiots in Washington anyway!!!
99er population rises dramatically by 127,000. The long-term unemployment report
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99ers are exhausted, their energies overdrawn by the battle to merely survive. “Cost prohibitive” is a term that slashes at the soul of someone comprised of breath, blood, and bone who is withering away. Is their existence “cost prohibitive”? Are the dues they have paid trying to get someplace in this country now deemed worthless? WE NEED HR 589 PASSED YESTERDAY
Estimates of the cost for boots on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan vary, but some researchers place the average bill as high as $1 million per troop per year in Afghanistan and more than $600,000 in Iraq. Therefore, the cost of deploying 100,000 troops in Afghanistan this year will amount to over $100 billion.
Libya Over 700 Million spent to drop a few bombs on military targets and continued cost of 100 Million a week to maintain No Fly Zone
Cost to help a estimated 2 Milliion Americans for 14 weeks witch would provide Food,Housing,Transportation,Preserve their credit rating and access to tools to assist in finding employment 16-20 Billion
As a life long democrat I was excited when Obama became the first black president. I really thaught he was going to be the president that was more for the working class then for the big corperate campaine donors. He has been the worst president in history has done nothing for the american people. 100% propoganda the cencus scam where each employee hired was fired then rehired to count every one position as 2 jobs created. The bailout of the banks- our tax dollars were used to give billions to the people forclosing on your homes not only did we not beniffit from this but the goverment now quiely owns a percentage of many of them ex( 40% of citi finanical is owned by the goverment) all this is what brought about the credit reform act(if you have credit cards then u already know) the reform act is not to help you. now more over the limit fee”s instead they created other fees closed millions of accounts and sent millions of letters to the customers that paid on time every month that due to current market conditions were raising your intrest. More money for them and the goverment.
I could go on forever but the point what has obama done that has improved your life.
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