From Today’s Globe:
Senate Democrats yesterday revived an extension of unemployment benefits for 2.5 million Americans, managing to break through a GOP deadlock rooted in deep disagreements over the economy.
There is not a shred of reliable evidence that the deadlock was “rooted in deep disagreements over the economy”. The deadlock resulted from a purely political decision, made by the Republicans, that it would be to their long term political advantage to block these benefits. While the Republicans may say that they have some sort of philosophical problem with extending unemployment benefits, that position is undercut by the fact that they voted for these extensions as a matter of routine in the past. It is wrong to report as fact what is, at best, highly debatable, and is, in actuality, beyond doubt untrue.
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