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well, i think there s a polar vortex around washington politics. you ve had a republican party that move well to the right of where they were. i mean, george w. bush was a conservative. a lot of conservatives said, we re not for all these complicated programs, but we know that unemployment insurance is a basic program because the economy sometimes goes south, and so now you have pressure from groups like club for growth, like the heritage action, that put republicans in a very difficult position in their primaries. i think the number is at 14 out of 17 times when we extended unemployment it wasn t paid for. this is just a normal thing, and it actually in the long run pays for itself because of the money it pumps back into the economy, so i think this is about a republican party moving right that is now reconsidering that move to the right, so this is an important moment. carrie, regardless how this vote goes, and i think everyone would agree with e.j. this is

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