I like to know the details of what the disagreement is about.
Congressional Republicans have a repeated habit of getting into these fights and not knowing what they are doing (not knowing how to frame a winning argument) only to find out they been taken again, then they cave and flee like rats.
RUSH: Obama Voters LOSING JOBLESS BENEFITS Due to the Manipulation of Workforce Numbers
"... I have no doubt in my mind it is a calculated political move, much like the student loan interest rate was.
And to refresh your memory on that.
In 2007, the Democrats ran everything that year. They ran the House and the Senate, Bush in the White House of course. The Democrats decided to cut the student loan interest rate in half. And then also the Democrats in the House and the Senate voted to restore the student loan interest rate, at its current level, in July of this year, which would have the effect, the impression would be that the student loan interest rate is doubling in July of this year. When all that was happening was, it was being restored to where it was in 2007 when the Democrats cut it.
The Democrats cut it in 2007 and plan to restore it in 2012 as a presidential election issue. They of course couldn't know in 2007 whether the Democrats have the White House or not, but they were pretty confident, given the country hated Bush and the media was drumming up -- they figured it was gonna be Hillary in 2007. So as an insurance policy, they have this student loan interest rate doubling, and of course if they're running the show in 2012, when it goes back up, they can just themselves get rid of it, quietly, no attention being paid to it. But now the news is out, the student loan interest rate's gonna double. The Republicans want your student loan interest rates to increase, when the Republicans have nothing to do with it.
All this while Boehner was actually try to pass legislation to keep the student loan interest rate where it is. Same thing's happening here with unemployment..."