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Obama to GOP: Forget Elections, help the Jobless (VIDEO)

07/19/2010 12:35 pm 0 comments

Source: Dan Lothian / CNN

President Barack Obama urged Congress on Monday to pass an extension of unemployment benefits, saying that Senate Republicans have allowed short-term political concerns to trump the needs of the jobless.

During an appearance in the Rose Garden, Obama argued that that the federal government has “a responsibility to offer emergency assistance to people who desperately need it” and an obligation to help families “make ends meet.”

The Senate is set to consider a bill Tuesday that would extend the deadline to file for unemployment benefits through the end of November. The bill would cost $33 billion in additional deficit spending, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Senate GOP leaders have blocked a vote several times, highlighting deficit concerns by arguing that any benefits extension should be offset by spending cuts. Democrats are counting on the seating of the replacement for Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia on Tuesday to break the logjam.

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