And exactly why did they have no choice? You really believe that an extension from two to three years of unemployment insurance is a desirable thing? Why don't we just give everyone twenty years of unemployment insurance?
It may be a bad policy, but those who are unemployed now are still unemployed in an economy with six job seekers per posted job and true unemployment between 15 and 20%.
The continued need for such extended unemployment should be a huge part of the Republican candidates campaign.