Thursday, December 8, 2011

No Christmas for Congress till unemployment insurance extended

Merry Christmas: No More Insider Trading on Capitol Hill?
Michael Winship, Truthout: "Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin held a press conference on Capitol Hill to announce, 'There will be no Christmas for Congress unless there is an extension of unemployment insurance benefits.' He and some of his colleagues declared that they'll keep the House and Senate from adjourning for the holidays if action isn't taken.... 'I hate to inform my Republican colleagues,' Harkin said, 'but Wall Street did not build America. But when it comes to handing out hundreds of millions of dollars, Wall Street is up front. It's time for middle-class America to be up front.'"
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