At a cost to taxpayers of $34 billion, Congress has extended federal unemployment benefits through the end of November 2010. Everybody who believes new jobs will abound and another extension won't be needed then, raise your hands. Republicans tried to block the last extension, which led President Obama to note that both Democratic and Republican presidents had never hesitated to "offer relief to the unemployed" when needed. "That was certainly the case under my predecessor, when Republican senators voted several times to extend emergency unemployment benefits," he said. Was he right? Were Republicans were more willing to support extending benefits under a Republican president? [Read the facts...]

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