WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Republicans in the Senate have spent the week railing against Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has refused to allow additional amendments to a bill that would restore unemployment insurance payments to long-term jobless.
But a deal that would attach a "catch-all" amendment, pushed by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that included several pet Republican issues meant to boost job creation, fell apart shortly before a cloture bill was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.