Gibbs: Senate Likely To Pass Unemployment Benefits Extension Next Week

Gibbs: Senate Likely To Pass Unemployment Benefits Extension Next Week

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs predicted on Tuesday that the Senate will pass an extension of unemployment benefits sometime next week after nearly a month of delays over the size and scope of the package. "I think this president will press and my belief is the Senate will take up [the package]," said Gibbs, "and we will pass next week an extension of unemployment insurance." Speaking at the daily briefing, Gibbs hinted that the White House and allied campaign committees will be monitoring the vote closely for electoral implications. "As we go into the political season we talked about," he said, "we will get a sense of where people sit on the spectrum of helping the unemployed." Along those lines, Gibbs noted for the second day in a row Sen.

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