There are currently 2 million Americans who are out of money, out of work, and out of hope -- the unemployed Americans for whom our Senators did not extend unemployment benefits. And this number is increasing each week, while our Senators vacation (fiddling while Rome burns?)
Reid could have refused to recess until benefits were passed. Nelson's feet could have been held to the fire by his Senate leader, the Party, and the President. But even many those democratic leaders supposedly in our corner, don't get it. More below the jump --