Conservative Refocus Editors Note:

Barry Secrest

The Leftists continue to report only the components of this story that supports their Party.  The Republicans have simply insisted that Congress utilize a portion of the $ 400 Billion in leftover stimulus funds rather than spending money that the US simply does not have.  The below Story only brushes by the truth without embracing it.

 The Mainstream Media's continued reporting of this "ridiculous" Congressional malpractice  never embraces the one component that explains it all.  This partial reporting appears thru-out virtually every left-leaning media outlet in the US.  The Democrats have other plans for the remaining stimulus, which we will address at length, in the next opinion article at Conservative Refocus article to publish on this upcoming Sunday.

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Huffington Post

 Elyse Siegel & Arthur Delaney

Congress allowed extended benefits for people who've been out of work for longer than six months to lapse at the beginning of June. Since then, Senate Democrats have repeatedly failed to muster 60 votes to overcome the deficit reduction demands of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Republicans.

Opponents have been preventing a final vote on the bill because of its $33 billion cost. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has blasted lawmakers for the delays.

"Almost two million people who are long-term unemployed," Reid said recently. "These are not numbers. They are people."

The Huffington Post has been documenting Congressional dithering on extending benefits for unemployed Americans. Here's are key developments in reverse chronological order:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday that the Senate would vote move forward with reauthorizing unemployment benefits on Tuesday morning, after the replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has been sworn in.

Republicans and Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson have been preventing a final vote on the bill because of its $33 billion cost. Reid said the GOP filibuster, which has prevented more than 2.1 million people from receiving checks, is designed to crater the economy. "They're betting on failure. They think the worse the economy is come November, the better they're going to do election wise," said Reid. "Almost two million people who are long-term unemployed. These are not numbers. They are people."

Congress allowed extended benefits for people who've been out of work for longer than six months to lapse at the beginning of June. Since then Senate Democrats have repeatedly failed to muster 60 votes to overcome the deficit reduction demands of the Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and the Republican party. In the final vote just after Byrd's death at the end of June, Democrats came up just one yea short.

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