I’m going to make this a short diary in order to get straight to the point.
As you probably know, the House has passed H.R. 4213, which would keep in place the unemployment extensions until the end of November.
The Senate Republicans, with the help of Democrat Ben Nelson were able to filibuster the Senate version of the bill by a single vote. The reason why the Democrats were a vote short was because Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia died.
By the start of next week 2.5 million Americans will exhaust their unemployment benefits, 3.5 million by the end of the month.
