It is unfortunate that many families may not be able to put food on the table after unemployment benefits lapse due to Republican obstructionism. It's the dead of winter; this is an emergency. The President should address the American people to tell them what the Republicans have done.
When the Senate was gridlocked due to process, preventing it from passing bills with no immediate effect, it didn't really matter to most Americans. Now GOP obstructionism come home to the dinner table.
Countless others may lose their health insurance (COBRA is expensive). It has now become a matter of life and death. This obstruction is cruel, unnecessary, and unprecedented.
Republicans have shut down the government before, and the American people didn't stand for it. They will not stand for it now, during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
The GOP believes that unemployment benefits are "creating hobos." It is more concerned about extending tax cuts for America's wealthiest families than it is about children going to bed hungry at night or families can receive medical care.
Blame must be placed squarely where it belongs - on the GOP filibuster. The President must shine a light on the GOP's sick, and now deadly, game.
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