Reid Says Unemployment Extension Up To Boehner

By Humberto Sanchez and JM Rieger

Posted June 24, 2014 at 3:22pm

It’s up to the House to act next on an unemployment extension, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday.

“We need to get some movement in the House,” he said at his weekly press conference. “We’ve already passed an unemployment extension over here and the House, in their typical fashion, has done nothing.”

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