Axis of Depression - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com

Axis of Depression - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com: "In this Congress, Republicans -- again with a few exceptions in the Senate -- continued to vote en masse against any bills that would help the economy or increase jobs. They also voted against extending unemployment benefits to all those Americans whose jobs Republicans arranged to end. Just yesterday, Republicans in the House killed a bill that would have extended unemployment benefits (a two-thirds majority was required)."