{"id":386915,"date":"2010-03-03T22:01:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T03:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/liberty\/unemployment-benefits-expire-following-a-one-man-filibuster-in-the-senate\/"},"modified":"2010-03-03T22:01:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T03:01:54","slug":"unemployment-benefits-expire-following-a-one-man-filibuster-in-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/386915","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment Benefits Expire Following A One-man Filibuster In The Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.directnews.co.uk\/liveimages\/US+Senate_1961_19644097_0_0_7019097_300.jpg\" alt=\"Unemployment benefits expire following a one-man filibuster in the Senate\" align=\"right\" class=\"post_image\">Unemployment insurance and COBRA benefits expired for millions of U.S. citizens on Sunday after Senator Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) single-handedly stopped a $10 billion bill that would have funded several extension programs. <\/p>\n<p>In an after-hours session on Thursday, Bunning opposed the legislation because it would add to the federal deficit, which is already at an all-time high. He suggested that the money be taken from unspent Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds, but Democrats objected. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I believe we should pay for it,&quot; said Bunning. &quot;I&#8217;m trying to make a point to the people of the United States of America.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bunning&#8217;s opposition to the bill also blocked the extension of several federal programs, a move that has put nearly 2,000 transportation employees out of work. <\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood blasted the senator&#8217;s decision on Monday, expressing his disappointment that &quot;political games are putting a stop to important construction projects around the country.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>However, while praising the Bunning&#8217;s decision to temporarily block the legislation, GOP leaders have admitted that the extensions will be passed. The senator&#8217;s one-man filibuster was made to point out the hypocrisy in the Senate, said Senator John Kyl (R-Ariz.), according to <i>Fox News<\/i>. <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-1961-ID-19644097-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1961&amp;itemid=19644097\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unemployment insurance and COBRA benefits expired for millions of U.S. citizens on Sunday after Senator Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) single-handedly stopped a $10 billion bill that would have funded several extension programs. In an after-hours session on Thursday, Bunning opposed the legislation because it would add to the federal deficit, which is already at an all-time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4205,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}