GOP delays passage of Unemployment Extension with procedural tactic - The Hill

[JohnWxy]

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/110057-gop-sets-up-late-night-vote-on-unemployment-bill

Senate Republicans have forced Democrats to wait another 30 hours before final passage of extended unemployment benefits, derailing a plan to move quickly to comprehensive energy reform legislation.

The Senate voted at 2:31 p.m. Tuesday to cut off a GOP filibuster of the legislation but chamber rules require that 30 hours of post-cloture debate must elapse before final passage.

Usually, the minority party yields back this time as a matter of courtesy so lawmakers can vote on final passage of a measure once debate is cut off.

Not so this week. Republicans have refused to allow a final vote on unemployment benefits until the procedural clock has run down, leaving the Senate floor empty on Wednesday.

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[notadmblnd]

1. If there has to be 30 hours so they can debate. Tehy should damn well make them debate

Why is the floor empty?

[OZark Dem]

2. Ole Doc Coborn says

He can't approve unemployment insurance for a family in Oklahoma because he doesn't want their grandchildren to have to pay for it. I suspect that a family in Oklahoma who is hungry really doesn't give a damn about what his grandchildren has to pay for.

But Hark, a man told one of his aides that he had lost his unemployment but didn't want it passed unless it was paid for with waste in Washington.