My Republican friends are lamenting reconciliation. But I would recommend for them to go back and look at history.
Harry ReidUnemployment insurance was meant to be a bridge for temporary spells of unemployment. The bad news is all the evidence is that the longer you have unemployment insurance, the longer people stay out of work, their skills erode. The job they ultimately get pays less. And that's not to their benefit.
Harry ReidNow remember, we've already done more than a billion dollars worth of cuts. We've already done that. So we need to get some credit for that.
Harry Reid