unemployment insurance benefits. It also would extend certain satellite TV laws and small business lending programs for one month. [Vote 116, 4/15/10] XXXX Voted Against Extending Unemployment Benefits. In April 2010, XXXX voted against a motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the Reid, D-Nev., motion to proceed to the bill that would provide short- term extensions for certain government programs, including unemployment insurance benefits. [Vote 109, 4/12/2010] XXXX Voted For Sham Unemployment Benefits Extension That Would Take Away Increased Medicare Payments To Select States And Redirect Stimulus Money. In March 2010, XXXX voted against the Reid, D- Nev., motion to table (kill) the McConnell, R-Ky., motion to proceed to the bill that would extend COBRA health care premium assistance, the Satellite Home Viewer Act, unemployment insurance, payment rates to Medicare providers for one month. It would repeal a provision of the 2010 health care overhaul law that would increase Medicare payment rates in "frontier states" and redirect $9.2 billion in unobligated stimulus funding to offset the extensions. [Vote 106, 3/25/10] XXXX Voted Against Extending Tax Breaks, Extending Unemployment Benefits, Etc. In March 2010, XXXX voted against a bill that would extend expired tax provisions including disaster relief, the research and development tax credit and energy tax credits for biodiesel and for construction of new energy-efficiency homes. It would extend long-term unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for jobless workers. The bill would be partially offset by repealing a provision to allow the cellulosic biofuels producer credit to be claimed by producers of certain paper products. It also would extend certain Small Business Administration lending programs and the national flood insurance program. It would extend certain Medicare provisions, including therapy cap exceptions, ambulance service reimbursement rates and authorization for certain Medicare Advantage plans. It also would extend the increase in federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for state Medicaid programs through Dec. 31, 2010. The Medicare payment rates to physicians would be extended through the end of September 2010. The bill passed 62-36. [Vote 48, 3/10/10]  XXXX Voted to Kill Tax Breaks, Unemployment Benefits Extension. In March 2010, XXXX voted against invoking cloture on the bill that would extend various tax provisions, including disaster relief tax provisions, the research and development tax credit and energy tax credits for biodiesel and for construction of new energy-efficiency homes. It also would extend expanded unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for jobless workers, a delay to pay cuts for Medicare physicians, as well as small-business loans, certain satellite TV broadcasting and flood insurance. It would be partially offset by repealing a provision to allow the cellulosic biofuels producer credit to be claimed by producers of certain paper products. The motion to invoke cloture passed 66-33. [Vote 47, 3/10/10]  XXXX Voted to Kill Tax Breaks, Unemployment Benefits Extension. In March 2010, XXXX voted against invoking cloture on the substitute amendment to a bill that would extend a variety of tax provisions and extend expanded unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for jobless workers, a delay to pay cuts for Medicare physicians, as well as small-business loans, certain satellite TV broadcasting and flood insurance. The motion to invoke cloture passed 66-34. [Vote 46, 3/09/10]  XXXX Voted to Kill Tax Breaks, Unemployment Benefits Extension. In March 2010, XXXX voted for appoint of order that would have killed a package of tax breaks and economic safety-net extensions. According to CQ, sustaining the point of order would not have killed the legislation directly; it would have had virtually the same effect. The motion to waive the point of order passed 60-37. [CQ Today, 3/03/10; Vote 39, 3/03/10] XXXX Voted For a Bill to Provide a Short Term Extension on Important Federal Programs, After Backing Bunning’s Filibuster (verify if true). In March 2010, XXXX voted for an urgent extender bill that would provide a short-term renewal of economic safety-net programs for the jobless and laws governing satellite television transmission. It also would prevent a cut in Medicare physician payments and would extend small-business, flood insurance and highway programs. Bunning had blocked the measure since last week, arguing that the $10.3 billion 231