Republicans continued to support Sen. Jim Bunning‘s effort to block an extension of unemployment benefits and other federal funding programs this week, even as a Democratic spokesman called the Kentucky Republican a hypocrite for his stance. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tried again Tuesday to bring legislation to a vote that would extend unemployment insurance, healthcare benefits for the jobless, as well as federal funding for highway construction and other ongoing federal programs. Bunning once again prevented the bill...

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Up to two feet of snow hit the Mid-Atlantic and New England states last week, the second storm within two weeks. Wind gusts of up to 50 miles an hour and temperatures in the 20s created severe wind chill and extreme hazardous driving conditions. Pennsylvania ordered all commercial trucks off many of its major highways and Interstates. Schools and colleges throughout the Northeast cancelled classes, many for two days. We were warned that this would be a severe storm,...

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