,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ddf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,december #af1      
#bjac,ms4 ,jackson ,lee submitted the   
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that both
 ,houses of ,congress should reconvene  
on or before ,december #ah1 #bjac1 to   
take appropriate action to enact        
legislation extending the ,emergency    
,unemployment ,compensation ,program    
until ,january #a1 #bjae4  ,whereas the 
,emergency ,unemployment ,compensation  
,program 7hereinafter referred to as the
 ,,euc ,program7 was created on ,june   
#cj1 #bjjh1 when ,president ,george ,w4 
,bush signed the ,supplemental          
,appropriations ,act1 #bjjh 7,public    
,law #aaj-beb7 into law2 ,whereas the   
,,euc ,program is the #hth time         
,congress has created a ,federal        
temporary program that has extended     
unemployment compensation during an     

economic slowdown2 ,whereas the         
authorization for the ,,euc ,program    
expires ,december #bh1 #bjac2 ,whereas  
unless the ,,euc ,program is extended1  
more than #a1cjj1jjj jobless workers    
will have their benefits cut off on     
,december #bh1 #bjac1 and nearly another
 #a1ijj1jjj jobless workers will lose   
their unemployment benefits between     
,january #a and ,june #cj1 #bjad2       
,whereas it is estimated that failure to
 extend the ,,euc ,program will result  
in a loss of #caj1jjj jobs next year    
because of reduced consumer demand2     
,whereas it is estimated that failure to
 extend the ,,euc ,program will reduce  
economic growth by as much as #j4d      
percent in the first quarter of #bjad2  
,whereas the ,congressional ,budget     
,office reported in #bjab that          
assistance for the unemployed has one of
 the largest effects on employment per  
dollar of budgetary cost because        
financially stressed unemployed workers 
spend any benefits they receive quickly2

 ,whereas failure to extend the ,,euc   
,program will further hurt an economy   
already injured by the loss of an       
estimated #gej1jjj jobs resulting from  
budget cuts mandated by sequestration   
and the loss of more than #abj1jjj jobs 
in the first #b weeks of ,october #bjac 
as a consequence of the shutdown of the 
,federal ,government2 ,whereas #cf      
percent of unemployed workers have been 
out of work for more than #f months1 in 
part because the national economy still 
has #b1jjj1jjj fewer jobs than before   
the ,great ,recession began in #bjjh2   
and ,whereas if ,congress does not act  
immediately to extend these benefits1 a 
devastating blow will be dealt not only 
to the millions of ,americans who are   
already struggling1 but to our economy3 
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it is the  
sense of the ,house of ,representatives 
that both ,houses of ,congress should   
reconvene on or before ,december #ah1   
#bjac1 to take appropriate action to    
enact legislation extending the         

,emergency ,unemployment ,compensation  
,program until ,january #a1 #bjae4