For thousands of workers, this “represents the difference between making ends meet or not making ends meet,” Obama said at the White House. Allowing political considerations to potentially block the bill’s renewal is “just not acceptable. It’s inexcusable.”
The president was joined during his remarks by top officials from the Democratic-leaning AFL-CIO and the Republican-leaning Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/08/31/obama.infrastructure/
This is the same “republican” Chamber of Commerce that wanted Congress to quickly pass the “debt ceiling deal” complete with revenue enhancements.
It is the same CoC...isn’t it?