SEIU: When Congress Returns, Republicans May Block Unemployment Again

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2010. 

As reported this morning in Congress Daily, ‘The Senate is set for a Monday cloture vote on a bill to extend unemployment insurance and COBRA health benefits through May 5, but Democrats are not sure they can pick up at least one Republican to cut off debate.” This is merely the latest demonstration of Republican refusal to cooperate on even the most innocuous, who-could-oppose-it, legislation, for the sheer purpose of…