From the QC Times:
The House on Wednesday narrowly defeated a Democratic attempt to give unemployed Americans an extra three months of jobless benefits after the White House threatened to veto the bill.
The bill would have extended the average $300-a-week unemployment benefit check by 13 weeks for all Americans. Job seekers in high unemployment states like Alaska, California, Michigan and Rhode Island would have been able to get an extra 13 weeks on top of that...
...Senate Democrats will try to resurrect the measure by adding it to a must-pass war spending bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., ``continues to believe the best way to pass this extension is by including it in the supplemental appropriations bill,'' spokesman Jim Manley said.
Majority Democrats said the legislation was needed because of the tough economy and rising unemployment rates.
What's the Democrats' cure for unemployment?
Yes, it's extending benefits until after the election season is over in order to play politics with the numbers.
Bonus points if a jerk like Harry Reid can tack the thing onto a war spending bill.
Talk about crass.
Democrats tend to stomp their feet about all the usual stuff this time of year, like suggesting that imposing "windfall profits taxes" on oil companies will lower the price of gas. It's just so illogical, but the Press and at least a portion of the public continue to eat this up.
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