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(July 21) -- Though the outcome is all but certain, the fight over the unemployment benefits extension isn't over just yet.
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats, with the support of both Republican senators from Maine and freshly sworn-in West Virginia Senator Carte Goodwin, broke a longstanding Republican filibuster against the emergency jobless relief bill with a 60-40 vote to invoke cloture. But in Wednesday's session, Republican Senators introduced several motions -- including several calling for offsetting cuts to cancel out the cost of the unemployment benefits, which will have a $33 billion deficit impact -- and another to repeal the estate tax that pushed the vote back to late this afternoon or evening.
Speaking from the Senate, California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer criticized the bill's Republican opponents for continuing to hold unemployed Americans "hostage."
Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn, voicing the Republican sentiment, said the GOP opposition is not a "delaying tactic," but rather a "philosophical discussion" over how to remedy the struggling economy.
While the bill has languished, 2.5 million unemployed workers have gone without aid, which under the new bill will be restored retroactively to June 2, when the previous federal benefits package expired. The bill would extend benefits for those who qualify through the end of November but does not include aid for the "99ers," Americans who have already been out of work for over 99 weeks and have since had their federal aid discontinued.
Republican Opposition Delays Final Senate Unemployment Extension Vote
Jul 21, 2010 – 4:02 PM
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