New Poll: Should Temporary Extension Of Emergency Jobless Benefits Be Extended?

I assume long-term readers have gotten tired of seeing the two current polls that seem to have been there forever. I can't remove them until we see how they play out, but they have been moved farther down the sidebar so they won't irritate regular readers any more.

A new poll has been added. Hopefully, this one will not stay up very long.

The background to the story can be found at this Wall Street Journal link:

House Republican leaders showed little inclination Tuesday to consider an extension of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that is expected to pass the Senate as soon as this week, despite pressure from some GOP lawmakers.

"I don't see how it's workable," House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Tuesday of the Senate agreement reached this month to restore emergency jobless benefits for long-term unemployed through late May. He said it would fail to boost job creation and would be difficult for states to implement.

While many rank-and-file Republicans have expressed little appetite for restoring the benefits, a faction of GOP lawmakers, largely from states with high unemployment rates, have pressed House leaders on the issue.

"For the folks I represent, this is an important issue. I would hope that we take some action," said Rep. Joe Heck, a Republican from Nevada, whose state jobless rate of 8.7% was the second-highest in the nation in January, behind Rhode Island's.

The national unemployment rate was 6.7% in February, according to the Labor Department. Mr. Heck was one of seven GOP lawmakers to sign a letter in December urging Mr. Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) to consider a temporary extension of emergency jobless benefits, first passed in June 2008 and renewed repeatedly until they lapsed in late December.

The "temporary" extension was first passed almost five years before it was finally terminated. 

So, the poll. Very simple. Yes, no. Should the temporary extension of emergency jobless benefits first passed over five years ago be extended. Of course, if it is extended, the long-term unemployed would also get a lump sum for the six months in benefits that they've missed.