GOP Blocks Unemployment Extension Again
By now it is a familiar story. Senate Democrats call for a unanimous consent agreement on passing legislation to lengthen unemployment insurance benefits along with a single Republican stand up and objects, blocking the bill from passing on behalf from the entire celebration. It occurred on Tuesday and it occurred gains yesterday, this time with Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY] undertaking the GOP’s dirty work.
On 1 degree this really is the same as ever. Republicans want any unemployment extension to become compensated for by rescinding money from the stimulus and Democrats wish to fund the extension with deficit investing as a way to get the maximum stimulus effect. What was particularly troubling about today’s Senate flooring action is that it gave us more evidence that, from the midst of an unemployment crisis, some members of Congress might be baffled on the fundamentals of federal benefits extensions.
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