WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leadership is eyeing a pared-down version of legislation reauthorizing unemployment insurance in hopes that a smaller bill might win over Republican supporters.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced on Tuesday that he was pushing for a six-month extension of benefits that would be applied retroactively to when they lapsed in late December.
"I've had some good conversations with Republican senators, plural, and I believe there's a number of Republican senators who want to get something done," Reid said. "The vast majority of them want it to go away. But there are some Republican senators of good will who are trying to work to move forward on this."
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