Six Republican senators joined with the Democrats to break a filibuster for a three-month extension of the unemployment benefits that expired on December 28. The vote was 60-37 (Dem Mark Begich of Alaska couldn’t get there).
Thank you to these “good” Republicans — Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Dan Coats of Indiana, Dean Heller of Nevada, and Rob Portman of Ohio — for doing the right thing — at least procedurally — for both our long-term unemployed and our economy.
But now they move to the substantive vote — and they still have to find a way to pay for the thing, so it’s far from done.
Then, of course, it would take a miracle to get it through the House, where 207 of the GOP seats are considered safe, so no incentive to rock the boat there .
Embattled Farmers 
I think this was a safe vote for Ms. Ayotte. Lots of unemployment in the Granite State, and she won’t have to defend it, since it will never actually pass.
sigh.
I’m not a big fan of hers.
Ditto, to put it quite mildly.
And not a fan of Scott Brown. Combined with the cold, I’m getting less and less excited about moving to NH.
Sorry about your hair, mine is the same. Use a natural bristle brush and take some Sibu sea buckthorn oil capsules. And think of the poor things going through chemo who don’t have any hair.
Oh, I know! Its all just part of the aging thingy….I am just becoming a fan of hats…
As for Scott….urk.
Move to Mass! We have the best of both worlds: liberals and the ocean.
My husband won’t pay MA taxes, that’s why we bought in NH, that was the closest I could get to Boston. I have the ocean in NH, the house is half a mile from the beach.