Who wants to guess which party will play the Grinch? If these were corporate executives like the ones throwing cash into the election, the GOP would be tripping over themselves to give them yet another bailout. Sadly these are just hard working Americans who need some help getting by because of the financial crisis so they don't count for Republicans.
If Congress fails to reauthorize extended unemployment benefits by the end of November, it will spoil the holidays for 1.2 million people, according to the National Employment Law Project.
"The program deadline falls in the midst of the holiday season, when unemployed families do their best to put food on the table and hold on to their family traditions," said NELP in a release. "It's also a time when the economy, especially the retail sector, is counting on consumer spending -- supported in part by unemployment benefits -- to maintain the recovery."
