Unemployed ‘Hostage to Washington Politics,’ says Obama

On Monday President Obama exhorted Republican senators to pass unemployment benefits.
Unemployed ‘Hostage to Washington Politics,’ says Obama
Obama speaks in the White House Rose Garden Monday to Urge Senators to Fund Unemployment Benefits. He is joined by three jobless Americans, (R-L) Leslie Macko, from Charlottesville, VA, Jim Chukalas, from Fredon Township, NJ, Denise Gibson from NY. Saul Loeb/Getty Images
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Obama speaks in the White House Rose Garden Monday to Urge Senators to Fund Unemployment Benefits. He is joined by three jobless Americans, (R-L) Leslie Macko, from Charlottesville, VA, Jim Chukalas, from Fredon Township, NJ, Denise Gibson from NY.  (Saul Loeb/Getty Images)