The Senate will “pass the stalled temporary extension of certain unemployment benefits but a yearlong extension might be a tougher sell, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Sunday,” The Hill reports.
Republicans and Democrats “had reached an agreement on the temporary extension last week but Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) objected to unanimous consent on the $10 billion measure, stalling its passage until next week even though the benefits expire Sunday.”
"All Senator Bunning was saying, quite correctly that it should be paid for," Kyl said on Fox News Sunday. "It will pass though, because it’s a temporary extension."
Kyl said that Republicans “likely will not go along with a more expensive, year-long extension unless the measure is funded.”
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“All Senator Bunning was saying, quite correctly that it should be paid for”.
I find it astonishing that the republicans are not equally fiscally consistent about funding a wasteful War on Drugs that does not benefit our republic as much as unemployment compensation does.
“For each dollar that is paid out in unemployment benefits, $2.15 is generated into the economy, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Labor. This is due to both the direct injection of dollars and the spread of those dollars throughout the economy – also known as the multiplier effect.”
Source: http://www.esd.wa.gov/newsandinformation/releases/archives/2006/unemployment-benefits-provide-safety-06-012.php