The Senate passes unemployment payments, Obama ramps up the pressure. What will the House Repubs do? See today’s full Progressive Blog Digest here.
The Senate:
http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/unemployment-insurance-advances-senate/ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/07/1267814/-Unemployment-aid-moves-forward-nbsp-in-nbsp-Senate http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/07/unemployment-benefits-senate-vote_n_4554728.html http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/jobless-aid-advances-despite-gop-obstruction http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/01/07/a-surprising-step-forward-for-unemployment-benefits/
Obama:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/07/obama-to-congress-do-your-job-and-extend-unemployment-benefits.html http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/07/1267823/-President-Obama-pushes-for-unemployment-benefits-extension
The House:
House Republican leaders sent a memo this week to the entire GOP conference with talking points designed to help rank-and-file Republicans show compassion for the unemployed and explain the Republican position on unemployment benefits. . . .
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/07/gop_is_losing_on_unemployment_insurance_and_running_scared/
GOP is losing on unemployment insurance — and running scared
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/01/how-democrats-can-pass-unemployment-benefits.html
How Democrats Can Force Republicans to Help the Unemployed
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/07/gops_sense_of_disdain_senator_behind_unemployment_benefits_bill_sounds_off/
GOP’s “sense of disdain”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/01/07/morning-plum-republicans-reframing-fight-over-unemployment-benefits/
With the three month extension of unemployment benefits set for a Senate vote this morning, multiple Republicans are going all in on the suggestion that they would support extending benefits if only it were paid for. Republicans want to reframe this as a battle over how to pay for extending benefits, not over whether to extend them at all . . .
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_01/boehner_raises_the_price_of_ui048528.php
Boehner Raises the Price of UI Extension to the Skies
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/07/the-senate-is-debating-unemployment-benefits-here-are-seven-things-they-should-know/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd
Congress is debating unemployment benefits. Here are seven things they should know.