Two thousand federal transportation workers were furloughed without pay on Monday, and the Obama administration said they have a Kentucky senator to blame for it.
Federal reimbursements to states for highway programs will also be halted, the Transportation Department said in a statement late Sunday.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/01/jim-bunning-impasse-puts_n_480445.html
Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blocking Senate action needed to prevent an estimated 1.2 million American workers from suddenly losing their unemployment benefits next month.
As Democratic senators asked again and again for unanimous consent for a vote on a 30-day extension Thursday night, Bunning refused to go along.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/26/jim-bunning-repeatedly-bl_n_477910.html
