This is all an absolute crock--we are talking about money needed for survival of those who are unemployed in the same breath as we are talking about torpedoeing the deficit with tax cuts for those who already have what they need to "survive"....where are people's hearts and minds and souls?  Are we all consumed by greed?  Is there no common sense left in this crazy world?  Of course the unemployed need an extension of their benefits...for as long as they are unemployed...that is a given....and no, the wealthy do not need their tax cuts to continue...the repugs as usual speak with forked tongues...I think that Obama did the best he could for the struggling poor, even while he realizes that the repugs give only lip service to caring about the deficit...the repugs have got to be the worst hypocrites in the world...