Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) told Raw Story and other reporters on a conference call late Monday afternoon that GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is compelling his colleagues to block the extension of unemployment benefits in an effort to prevent economic recovery and tarnish Democrats ahead of the November elections. "They voted for Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, charged it to our grandchildren, didn’t pay for it," he said. They "voted for the giveaway or bailouts to drug and insurance companies in the name of Medicare privatization, charged it to our grandchildren, didn’t pay for it. And now they’re saying, because these are laid off workers who have done the right thing for most of their lives and now need some help, that we can’t provide it for them. It’s terrible public policy."We would add they started two horrific, devastating, and expensive wars, and didn't pay for it. They will though. If there is a God in heaven and a place called hell, they will.
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