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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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1,300,000 million long-term unemployed Americans will lose their unemployment insurance benefits on Saturday December 28, 2013 for the first time since 2008.<br />
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Congress failed to extend the benefits in the budget they approved before Christmas. Additionally more than 4 million unemployed could lose benefits next year unless Congress passes another extension. <br />
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In the past, states have provided unemployed workers with up to 26 weeks of benefits with the federal government providing extra weeks of assistance. Federal and state governments have been providing 99 weeks of cash payments.&nbsp; The average benefit is around $1,100 a month. <br />
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Extending the benefits for another year would cost the government $25 billion that it will have to borrow. The cost of this will actually increase over time, as the government pays interest on this debt. <br />
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More than 4 million Americans looking for work have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks, beyond the time-frame of traditional unemployment insurance.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should Congress have renewed the additional extended unemployment coverage for the long term unemployed?<br />
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Undecided<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the legislature pass a bill to allow phone companies to discontinue traditional land line phone services to customers?<br />
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Yes - 38%<br />
No - 62%<br />
Undecided - 0% <br />
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ONE COMMENT WAS MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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COMMENT #1:<br />
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Discontined Use of Landlines<br />
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And replace them with what, cell phones? Currently there remains several parts of the state where cell phone reception is abhorid. I would hate to have to rely on emergency services using a cell phone in these areas. I don't see why landline service needs to be replaced as some internet services, frontier being one, still use the phone lines for there service. I can see why AARP is against this bill. I am 55 years old, am computer savey, yet am relunctant to use, nor do I own, a cell phone. What is the service/cost difference between landlines and its replacement?<br />
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