[stevem]

In a letter to party leaders last week, Sen. Jeff Sessions said that extending the unemployment benefits another year carries a $26 billion price tag.

Yeah? What's his point?

I sure hope they don't plan to just extend the unemployment pay. If they care about people at all, they will also insist on an unemployment pay raise. Where is the decency?

[MrB]

They are covering their asses and making sure that the consequences of their policies don’t affect people to the point that they actually do something about it.