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By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyLast-minute attempts to work out a deal extending unemployment benefits fell through and lawmakers left Capitol Hill this weekend knowing many of their of out-of-work constituents face a cut-off of aid on April 5. The Senate will return from its spring break on April 12, but that will be too late for those counting on the stop-gap assistance in a country with a 9.7 percent unemployment rate. A $9 billion bill stretching the benefit program and also continuing COBRA health benefits and federal flood insurance for another full month simply wasn't paid for, Republican lawmakers complained. A ...
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By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. David Vitter (R-La.) opposes the public option. In fact, he opposes the entire health care reform bill being considered by the Senate. But if both are to become a reality, Vitter says senators should be required to take the medicine they're prescribing for the health insurance industry. "Congress has a bad habit of exempting itself from the problems it inflicts on the American people," Vitter said. So, along with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Vitter is introducing an amendment to the reform legislation that would require all members of Congress to enroll in the government-run health ...
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