The Senate passes unemployment payments, Obama ramps up the pressure. What will the House Repubs do?\u00a0 See today’s full Progressive Blog Digest here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Senate:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.rollcall.com\/wgdb\/unemployment-insurance-advances-senate\/<\/a> http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/01\/07\/1267814\/-Unemployment-aid-moves-forward-nbsp-in-nbsp-Senate<\/a> http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/01\/07\/unemployment-benefits-senate-vote_n_4554728.html<\/a> http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/jobless-aid-advances-despite-gop-obstruction<\/a> http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2014\/01\/07\/a-surprising-step-forward-for-unemployment-benefits\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Obama:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/01\/07\/obama-to-congress-do-your-job-and-extend-unemployment-benefits.html<\/a> http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/01\/07\/1267823\/-President-Obama-pushes-for-unemployment-benefits-extension<\/a><\/p>\n

The House:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-politics\/wp\/2014\/01\/07\/house-gop-leaders-coach-rank-and-file-on-discussing-unemployment\/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd<\/a><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 . . .
\nhttp:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/01\/07\/gop_is_losing_on_unemployment_insurance_and_running_scared\/<\/a>
\nGOP is losing on unemployment insurance \u2014 and running scared<\/p>\n

http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2014\/01\/how-democrats-can-pass-unemployment-benefits.html<\/a>
\nHow Democrats Can Force Republicans to Help the Unemployed<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/01\/07\/gops_sense_of_disdain_senator_behind_unemployment_benefits_bill_sounds_off\/<\/a>
\nGOP\u2019s \u201csense of disdain\u201d<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2014\/01\/07\/morning-plum-republicans-reframing-fight-over-unemployment-benefits\/<\/a>
\nWith 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\u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/political-animal-a\/2014_01\/boehner_raises_the_price_of_ui048528.php<\/a>
\nBoehner Raises the Price of UI Extension to the Skies<\/p>\n

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<\/a>
\nCongress is debating unemployment benefits. Here are seven things they should know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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