A long weekend more important than helping the less fortunate

Remember all the bitching and moaning from the democratic leadership when Jim Bunning threatened to hold up unemployment benefits with a procedural move?

It was so important to the democratic leadership, they still haven't passed it because it might get in the way of a long weekend.............

Congress headed home Thursday for a four-day break, after failing again to extend jobless benefits for an estimated 325,000 people, fund summer jobs for at-risk youths or help newly laid-off people pay for health care.

"These are really pressing things, and we want Congress to stay, but it falls on deaf ears," said Judy Conti of the National Employment Law Project, an advocacy group.

Funding for extended unemployment benefits ran out June 2 while Congress was in the middle of a 10-day Memorial Day break. The House of Representatives had voted to continue the benefits until Nov. 30, but the Senate hadn't.

The Senate returned Monday night, debated the provisions Tuesday and Wednesday, found widespread disagreement and spent much of Thursday on an unrelated energy bill.

Senators agreed to resume voting next Tuesday. Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the break had been "long planned."

Yeah, we couldn't do things like help struggling families if it gets into a long planned weekend.

Are you serious?

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