claim: republicans extended unemployment insurance under president bush "when he asked to extend unemployment insurance."
author: david axelrod
evidence_1: dec 17, 2013 ... that's because congress failed to add an extension of those benefits into the  budget deal that will likely pass the senate this week. ... in 2008, under president  george w. bush, congress authorized emergency unemployment compensation  to help the jobless cope with the recession, giving workers a total ...
evidence_2: dec 24, 2013 ... republican opposition to extending unemployment benefits is cold-hearted and  wrong-headed. ... unemployment is down, but it's still higher than the 5.5 rate in  june 2008 when george w. bush initiated these emergency benefits. "the  economy is slowly recovering, it's still in low gear," says rep.
evidence_3: dec 17, 2010 ... president obama signed into law the most significant tax bill in nearly a decade  friday, a day after overcoming liberal resistance in congress to continue for two  more years tax breaks enacted under president george w. bush and to provide a  fresh federal boost for the tepid economic recovery.
evidence_4: jan 7, 2014 ... a three-month extension is up for a vote in the senate tuesday, but most  republicans won't support it without a way to pay for it. ... with the emergency  unemployment compensation (euc) program facing a bleak future in the  democratic-controlled senate, president obama is taking the lead in pressuring  ...
evidence_5: dec 28, 2013 ... president barack obama has offered his support to two senators proposing to  extend expiring federal unemployment benefits. ... republican sen. dean heller  of nevada and democratic sen. jack reed of rhode island have proposed  extending for three months benefits that more than 1 million americans ...