On the recordDecember 12, 2013
More than 1.3 million of them will lose their benefits and, for some, the only income they have just 3 days after Christmas and 3 days before the new year. Today's bill will provide some economic certainty about fiscal policy over the next 2 years, which should boost growth and job creation. Because we cannot continue lurching from crisis to crisis, and despite my misgivings about the extension of Medicare provider cuts and failure to address long-term unemployment, I will vote ``yes.''
