{"id":497294,"date":"2021-05-11T17:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T21:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=497294"},"modified":"2021-05-11T17:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T21:50:48","slug":"vulnerable-dem-senator-questions-biden-unemployment-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-dem-senator-questions-biden-unemployment-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerable Dem Senator Questions Biden Unemployment Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvulnerable-dem-senator-questions-biden-unemployment-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=497294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"27.983805668016\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Sen. Hassan: &#8216;The unemployment benefit is making it easier for people to stay home&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231343520_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231343520_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231343520_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231343520_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tSen. Maggie Hassan (D., N.H.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/graham-piro\/\" title=\"Posts by Graham Piro\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Graham Piro<\/a> \u2022 May 11, 2021 5:48 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"81.810971348707\">\n<p>A Democratic senator facing a tough reelection battle told voters home in New Hampshire she&#8217;s worried about President Joe Biden&#8217;s economic policies worsening the unemployment crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Maggie Hassan (D., N.H.) told constituents that expanded unemployment insurance is &#8220;making it easier for people to stay home.&#8221; She attempted to reassure a New Hampshire resident that the Democratic majority in the Senate is working to reel in Biden&#8217;s spending in the wake of concerns over a disappointing jobs report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will tell you that in the\u00a0Senate, we&#8217;re having this conversation about how do you tweak this just right,&#8221; Hassan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v3ONTk_zcUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3Dv3ONTk_zcUE&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1620842169971000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEOrTIw9-Mk7hOGR2k_ZSxXwl1WHw\">said<\/a> at a business roundtable on May 6. &#8220;And, if the economy is truly recovering and schools can truly reopen, should we be tweaking that right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hassan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gt4MW4NaLsM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DGt4MW4NaLsM&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1620842169971000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFaaUiTeec87Bqe8JxBuz2ethCjRA\">said<\/a> &#8220;general COVID concerns&#8221; and a lack of child care are also to blame for people staying home. She expressed concern &#8220;the unemployment benefit is making it easier for people to stay home.&#8221; One day after Hassan&#8217;s remarks, the Labor Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/05\/07\/jobs-report-april-2021.html\">reported<\/a> employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, well below the expected number of one million. Congressional Republicans have blamed the expanded unemployment benefits, which Biden&#8217;s American Rescue Plan extended through September, while Biden has argued that expanded unemployment insurance has not caused the disappointing growth.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan&#8217;s comments come after she voted for and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hassan.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/senator-hassan-statement-on-president-biden-signing-the-american-rescue-plan-into-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.hassan.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/senator-hassan-statement-on-president-biden-signing-the-american-rescue-plan-into-law&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1620854579681000&#038;usg=AFQjCNGr5Ok3kdQxNb4Q7et9d6IwSiuV7A\">praised<\/a> the rescue plan. Her office did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The New Hampshire senator is up for reelection and is widely considered the most vulnerable Senate Democrat in the 2022 cycle. Hassan won the 2016 election by 1,017 votes over Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte following a $130 million race.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns about government spending and inflation threaten to force the Senate to take action to address a burgeoning employment crisis.\u00a0Biden has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-unemployment-benefits-states-pushback\/\">doubled down<\/a> on the expanded unemployment benefits, which the American Rescue Plan extended through Sept. 6. He did encourage states to reinstitute a pre-pandemic policy of requiring recipients to prove that they are looking for work in order to qualify for the benefit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The line has been because of the generous unemployment benefits, that it&#8217;s a major factor in labor shortages. Americans want to work,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;I think the people claiming Americans won&#8217;t work even if they find a good and fair opportunity underestimate the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sasse.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?ID=FB4E2A57-2B64-4883-964A-375BB5C1545E\">argued<\/a> that the extra $300 per week in unemployment insurance outpaces the hourly salaries offered by many jobs. Several red state governors have opted out of the federal unemployment programs and will withdraw completely from receiving the benefits by mid-June. Sen. Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) introduced legislation to convert the expanded unemployment benefit into a signing bonus for Americans who get a job.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Administration Sen. Hassan: &#8216;The unemployment benefit is making it easier for people to stay home&#8217;  Sen. 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