Blunt Opposes Extension of Unemployment Benefits

Just ridiculous. Families are struggling to make ends meet, but Roy Blunt decides to play politics.

It sure is odd how Blunt -- a man "for whom fiscal discipline is not a top priority" -- had no problem running up deficits with tax cuts for the wealthy when Republicans were in charge. He also never felt compelled to pay for an expansion of Medicare Part D benefits when he was in the GOP leadership, legislation which "U.S. Comptroller General David Walker has called "the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation since the 1960s." 

But now, Blunt says an extension of unemployment benefits is unaffordable.