Partisan bickering at a House Rules Committee hearing Monday night reportedly stalled a House vote expected Tuesday on a new measure that, among other things, would extend eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits and a federal COBRA subsidy program.
House members likely won't vote on the spending bill until Wednesday, and the Senate is expected to vote on it later this week.
Last week, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin, D-Mich., and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., unveiled a legislative package that would extend tax cuts, small business loans, eligibility for unemployment insurance, and COBRA tax credits through the end of this year.
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