Prospects Dim For Quick Extension Of Expiring Unemployment Benefits

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Prospects dimmed Monday for a quick extension of expiring unemployment benefits as Republican officials said they would not agree to include a renewal in any year-end budget deal.

Some congressional Democrats said they would continue to press to make additional benefits for jobless workers part of any deal, but it was unclear how strongly the White House would support them.

Officials provided only the most general details about the overall budget talks themselves, although they said the two negotiators, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., were hoping to meet Tuesday morning and seal an agreement.

If so, it is expected to have only a marginal impact on federal deficits, and instead is designed to ease the impact of across-the-board spending cuts over two years.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/235136471.html

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1. Republicans hate the 99%.

Ironically, the vast majority of Republicans are members of the 99%.

They're just too STUPID to realize it.

[AAO]

2. More votes for Democrats.

Not that I like to get them that way.

[SkatmanRoth]

3. I hope our Democratic leadership gets a clear vote on this

We need to get the Republicans on record as voting against helping the unemployed, and then broadcast it to every voter in 2014.

A vote in the Congressional Record cannot be denied, and it is preserved forever.