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    Otherwise, McConnell said he has every intention of dragging the process out as long as he can. "We could have passed this unemployment insurance bill last Thursday" McConnell said. I offered a consent agreement which would have given us a handful of amendments upon which we were prepared to take short time agreements, but the majority leader didn’t want to have to vote on more amendments. Full Article at The Washington Independent
    We could have passed this unemployment insurance bill last Thursday
    Mitch McConnell – Mitch McConnell SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
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Still Stalling on Unemployment Insurance Extension
  1. Why they had to wait a week to get the vote is beyond me
    – Steny Hoyer SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
  2. Even today they’re still stalling before we can pass this bill finally ... Perhaps Senate Republicans don’t think it matters to stall and delay, but it matters to the unemployed worker who so desperately needs this money.
    Harry Reid – Harry Reid SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago

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