Some Senate Majority Leader We've Got

He says he "hopes" the Senate will pass extended unemployment benefits today.

I'll believe it when I fucking see it.

The Hill has a related article, this one about Reid hoping for a cloture vote today on the issue.

"Cloture" is an archaic Senate procedure whereby a minority of the Senate can screw the American workers over with their stonewalling when there are not enough votes for cloture (preventing a filibuster).

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