Republicans were successful in blocking a "slimmed-down package of jobless benefits and state aid late Thursday" as Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., voted with them, The Washington Post reports. The approximately $120 billion measure "needed 60 votes to advance, but garnered only 56." Democrats hoped a package that included a shorter-term fix for Medicare doctor payments rates could attract the votes of the two lawmakers and one or two Republicans...
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