XXXX Opposed Extending Unemployment Benefits 13 Weeks. In 2004, XXXX voted against an amendment to extend until November 30, 2004, the federal program to provide an additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits for people who have exhausted their state-level jobless benefits. [Vote 88, 5/11/04] XXXX Voted Against Extending Unemployment Benefits By 26 Weeks. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would extend the temporary federal unemployment insurance program until Dec. 31, 2003 and provide an additional 26 weeks of benefits for those whose benefits have already lapsed. [Vote 199, 5/23/03] XXXX Voted Against Extending Unemployment Benefits. In 2003, XXXX voted against a motion to allow for consideration of an amendment to extend unemployment benefits. The vote was on an amendment that would extend unemployment benefits by seven weeks for those who had already received 26 weeks of benefits and by 13 weeks for those who had already received 13 weeks of benefits. Benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act would be extended for eligible employees with less than 10 years of service. [Vote 269, 7/10/03] XXXX Voted Against Extending Unemployment Insurance To 26 Weeks Offset By Reducing Tax Cuts. In 2003, XXXX voted against extending unemployment insurance, and offset the increased spending by reducing tax cuts. The vote was on an amendment that would increase spending on unemployment insurance by $16.4 billion in 2003 and 2004, offset by a reduction in tax cuts. The amendment would double the program's length to 26 weeks and expand it to include part-time and low-wage workers. [Vote 85, 3/25/03] XXXX Voted Against A 13-Week Extension of Federal Unemployment Benefits. In 2003, XXXX opposed a 13-week extension of federal unemployment benefits for those who have already exhausted their state and federal benefits and remain unemployed. [Vote 14, 1/22/03] XXXX Voted Against Extending Unemployment Benefits; Would Be Offset By Cutting Tax Cut For Top Incomes. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment to the 2003 Bush tax cut bill that would have extended unemployment benefits by 26 weeks, with an additional 13 weeks for workers who have exhausted federal benefits. It also would fund unemployment compensation for part-time and low-wage workers. It would be offset by eliminating the 2003 Bush tax bill’s acceleration of the reduction of the top income tax rate. [Vote 152, 5/15/03] XXXX Voted Against Giving Trade-Affected Workers Access To Loans To Cover Mortgages. In 2002, XXXX voted against an amendment that would establish a pilot trade adjustment assistance program to give workers who lost their jobs due to trade access to short-term, low- interest loans to cover their monthly home mortgage payments while they looked for new jobs. [HR 3009, Vote 119, 5/21/02] XXXX Against Assistance For Harbor Workers Who Lose Their Jobs Due To U.S. Safeguards. In 2002, XXXX voted against an amendment that would require TAA benefits to be given to longshoremen and other harbor workers who lose their jobs as a result of the decline in the importation of steel products into the United States that has been caused by the safeguard measures taken by the United States on March 5, 2002 to limit the dumping of steel on its market. The amendment would sunset after 4 years. [HR 3009, Vote 128, 5/23/02] XXXX Voted Against Adding Assistance For Workers Affected By Trade. In 2002, XXXX voted against an amendment that would authorize the Labor Department to award grants to community colleges to establish job- training programs for workers who were adversely affected by trade, and would add negotiating objectives for textiles and apparel. Those objectives would include that negotiators would seek to reduce or eliminate barriers to exports of United States textiles and apparel, would seek to eliminate non-tariff barriers to such exports, and would seek to reduce or eliminate foreign subsidies for textiles and apparel producers. Finally, the amendment would authorize cash payments for an additional 6 months for workers who lost their jobs due to trade and who enrolled in remedial education programs for high school equivalency diplomas or to learn to speak English. [HR 3009, Vote 111, 5/15/02] XXXX Voted For A Bicameral Compromise On Economic Stimulus, Extend Unemployment Benefits. In 2002, XXXX voted for a bill that would provide extended unemployment benefits, tax incentives to promote 233