Day 2 of the Jim Bunning Unemployment Insurance Plan
Cat.: Beltway Outsider, Dept. of Transportation02. March 2010
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The New York Times' Carl Hulse reports:
The United States Department of Transportation said it furloughed 2,000 workers on Monday as a politically charged impasse over unemployment benefits interrupted spending on a handful of federal programs and escalated tensions in Congress.
With no quick resolution in sight, Democrats characterized the decision by one Republican to block the jobless aid and highway construction financing as an example of the practical consequences of regular opposition by Senate Republicans.
The one Republican is Kentucky's Jim Bunning:





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