All they have to do is pass a payroll tax cut extension and unemployment insurance extension, and then move on to the spending bill.

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On unemployment, on the extension of the benefits, it looks like the Democrats will certainly have the 60 votes they need tomorrow to get past filibuster and move this into law.

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The House also passed a 13-week extension on unemployment benefits and a nonbinding proposal that calls for the Pentagon to begin redeploying U.S. troops from Iraq within 30 days, with the goal of getting all U.S. troops out of combat operations by the end of 2009.

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Or will they seek deficit spending as they did on the unemployment benefit extension bill?

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And unemployment insurance extension has a measurable, direct, positive impact on the economy.

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They should pass a payroll tax cut extension, extension of unemployment insurance, and they can finish the spending bill -- all before leaving on their vacation.

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They discussed a variety of topics, a range of topics, both domestic and foreign, and they discussed ways that they could build on the bipartisan cooperation that led to the extension of the payroll tax cut as well as unemployment insurance.

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