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Washington (CNN) — The Senate adjourned Friday without approving extensions of cash and health insurance benefits for the unemployed after a lone senator blocked swift passage due to his insistence that Congress first pay for the $10 billion package.

Retiring Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky, led a spirited Senate debate with Democrats over the issue — at one time cursing at another senator on the floor. Bunning said he doesn’t oppose extending the programs — he just doesn’t want to add to the deficit.

According to two Democratic aides on the Senate floor Thursday night, Bunning muttered “tough s—” as Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, criticized Bunning’s stance on the package.

An aide to Merkley said the senator didn’t hear the remark. A spokesman for Bunning said he was aware of the reports about the senator’s language but didn’t have a comment.

On Friday, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, sent Bunning a letter asking him to “stand down immediately” from his stance.

“Unemployment insurance is a lifeline to the long-term unemployed whose families have been hit very hard by this recession,” she said.

For his part, Bunning maintained on Friday that if all senators could agree that the benefits are so important, then they should find a way to pay for them.

“If we can’t find $10 billion somewhere for a bill that everybody in this body supports, we will never pay for anything,” he said.

Democrats argued the safety net funds are classified as “emergency” and therefore don’t need to be offset.

Starting Monday, the jobless will no longer be able to apply for federal unemployment benefits or the COBRA health insurance subsidy.

With the Senate not in a position to vote on the extensions until next Tuesday at the earliest, senators and their staffs scrambled to determine the practical implication of letting the programs lapse — even if for just a few days.

In addition to funding unemployment insurance and the COBRA health insurance program for people who have lost their jobs, the bill would have prevented a scheduled 21 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors.

Those cuts will technically go into place when doctors’ offices open Monday. But because there is a two-week delay processing Medicare payments, a short-term lapse of the program is unlikely to affect payments, according to experts in the medical community and a Senate Finance Committee aide contacted by CNN.

Likewise, unemployment benefits could be delayed — but if Congress acts next week, they will probably be minor, according to a Labor Department analyst who spoke to CNN. That’s because Congress will likely approve the funds retroactively to make up for the missing days. An aide to Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus confirmed the Senate will try to pass the funds retroactively.

Other programs involving federal flood insurance, satellite TV licensing, and small business loans, will also go dark until Congress passes extensions.

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The United States economy shed 20,000 jobs in January, the government said Friday, deepening concern that relief from the deepest economic downturn in a generation would be slow to come. But even as the economy struggled to start creating jobs again, the unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent in December.

As the broader economy gains steam and crucial sectors like manufacturing spring back to life, analysts say the recovery appears to be intact. But the nation’s stubbornly high unemployment rate remains a persistent thorn in the side of optimists, and economists expect the situation to worsen before it gets better.

Some forecasts call for the jobless rate to reach nearly 11 percent by year’s end, which would significantly dampen spending by consumers, a critical driver of growth. That has prompted concern that the economy could enter a painful period of slow growth or even fall into another downturn.

“We are turning the corner,” an economist for IHS Global Insight, Nigel Gault, said. “But the gains will probably not be big enough to make serious inroads into the unemployment rate for some time.””

The manufacturing sector showed signs of relief, adding jobs for the first time since the onset of the recession in 2007. Construction continued to suffer, as businesses grappled with a crisis in the commercial real estate market. Temporary jobs increased, a sign that employers were tentatively beginning to expand their ranks.

In its report, the government revised its job loss numbers for November, saying the economy gained 64,000 in that month rather than 4,000. But the numbers in December were much worse than previously stated; the economy lost 150,000 jobs rather than the 85,000 originally reported.

The overall toll of the recession, meanwhile, grew larger: 8.4 million jobs have been lost since December 2007, the government said, nearly one million more than previously recorded. Those numbers jumped significantly from December because the Labor Department on Friday said it had completed a benchmark revision of job losses since April 2008. Job losses in August, September and October of last year were 240,000 worse than original forecasts.

Economists said the declining unemployment rate was probably a statistical quirk and did not indicate the start of a downward trend. The unemployment rate is determined based on interviews with a random sample of Americans, and its results can be erratic. The monthly tally of job losses is considered a more reliable snapshot of the economy because it incorporates data from a large number of businesses.

The dissonance between the tepid recovery for the jobs market and robust turnaround for Wall Street has exacerbated populist tensions.

President Obama has sought to persuade the public that his priority is jobs creation, announcing a series of efforts in recent weeks aimed at clamping down on banks and jump-starting the labor market. On Tuesday, Mr. Obama proposed using $30 billion of repaid bailout loans to help community banks increase lending to small businesses.

Many business owners continue to complain that strict lending standards are hampering their access to funds that would allow them to expand.

Kirk K. Meurer, the owner of store in Cleveland that provides furniture to businesses, has frozen the pay of his 30 employees and stopped buying new cars in an effort to trim costs. He has a $250,000 loan, but he said it has been difficult to persuade his bank to lend any more.

“I’m being very frugal with my decisions,” Mr. Meurer said. “For us to hire, we need to see a turn in the economy.”

Many more Americans, even those with jobs, are feeling the pinch. The underemployment rate, which counts people who have given up looking for work and those who are working part-time because of a lack of full-time positions, has steadily risen over the past year. In January, it touched 16.5 percent.

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In the wake of Republican Scott Brown’s stunning defeat of Democrat Martha Coakley in the race to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, the debate has begun about what the outcome means for President Obama and Democrats nationwide.

Brown won 52 percent of voters to Coakley’s 47 percent in Tuesday’s special Senate election. Coakley, the state attorney general, had a 30-point lead three months ago.

Republicans believe a win in the bluest of blue states, where a Republican had not been elected to the U.S. Senate since 1972, amounts to a popular rebuke of the president’s agenda.

“There’s been a pattern here that began last spring and the administration has refused to acknowledge what the people out across the country have been saying,” GOP chairman Michael Steele said on “Good Morning America” today.
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Seventeen days ahead of the January 26 Presidential election, a fresh row has broken out between Sri Lanka and the United Nations (UN) after it was made known that the UN Secretary-General Ban ki-moon has conveyed to Colombo that he is considering appointing a Commission of Experts to advise him further and to assist the Sri Lankan Government in taking measures to address possible violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in the last days of Eelam War IV (July 2006 to May 2009).

A report posted on the UN news centre web site said that UN spokesman Martin Nesirky made the remarks in response to questions from media on the statement made in New York by Philip Alston on Thursday. The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told a news conference that there are strong indications that the video of alleged extrajudicial executions by Sri Lankan soldiers that aired last August on British television is authentic and called for an inquiry into possible war crimes committed during the war between the Sri Lankan forces and the LTTE.

Responding sharply to the reports, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is seeking a second term two years ahead of his tenure, told a group of officials at a meeting in Matara district that the UN has to inform the Sri Lankan Government before issuing statements since Sri Lanka is also a member of the world body and is an independent country.

The developments could impact the outcome of the forthcoming Presidential polls, in which the contest is mainly between Mr. Rajapaksa and the common Opposition Sri Lanka Presidential candidate, retired General Sarath Fonseka, as charges of `war crimes’ has been the recurring theme within and outside the island nation since the military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009.

In a controversial interview to English weekly Sunday Leader on December 13 the commander turned politician had said brother of President and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had instructed a ground commander in the battle zone during the last phase of the Eelam War IV to shoot all LTTE leaders who came out to surrender to the military. But the next day, the General went back on his comments.

Gen. (retd.) Fonseka who got the backing of the post-Prabakaran Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in support of his candidature earlier this week on Friday got endorsement from unexpected quarters with the announcement by Batticaloa Mayor Sivageetha Prabakaran that she would vote and work for his victory. Ms. Prabakaran was a member of the break-away LTTE, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) and a camp follower of the group founder Karuna.

`Col’ Karuna is currently a Minister in the Rajapaksa Government and is one of the Senior Vice-Presidents of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). The Batticoloa Mayor too joined the SLFP in the footsteps of `Col’ Karuna. He was not available for comment on the latest developments.

The fast paced developments in the run up to the Presidential poll has undoubtedly made it a tough fight for the incumbent President since both the chief contenders for the top office not only represent the majority Sinhalese community but are also credited for the successful military campaign against the Tamil Tigers. In the evolving scenario Tamil and Muslim voters could play a crucial role in the outcome of the election.

At the UN headquarters the world body spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters that the establishment of a commission of experts to advice Mr. Banki-Moon on Sri Lanka is currently receiving detailed consideration by the UN Secretariat.

Responding to questions on comments made on Thursday by the Special Rapporteur dealing with Sri Lanka, Philip Alston, and the Spokesperson said that the Technical Note presented by the Special Rapporteur highlights the need for a credible, independent and impartial investigation of the allegations of violations of human rights and international law by all sides in the conflict in Sri Lanka.

Separately at his news conference Mr. Alston maintained that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has repeatedly called for a full, broad, and impartial investigation into allegations of violations of human rights and international law by all sides that occurred during the civil war in Sri Lanka. “A full and impartial investigation into allegations of human rights violations is critical if we are to confront impunity and bring perpetrators of such violations to justice. The United Nations stands ready to assist the Government in this respect”.

In his response Mr. Rajapaksa noted that no UN official has the right to express their own views since Sri Lanka is an independent country. Official web site quoted him as saying, “We have confidence that our brave security personnel haven’t been involved in any misconduct… Our Forces are among the best disciplined Forces in the world… As a result of Fonseka’s statement our security officers are in danger. They could be taken into custody while they are abroad”.

At another news conference here Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama charged that the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions has flouted diplomatic norms by making public the findings of a 3 member panel probing the controversial Channel 4 video even before Sri Lanka could respond to the revelations.

“My Ministry has communicated in this regard both to the Special Rapporteur as well as to the UN Secretariat in New York that the Public Statement in New York is a violation of all the accepted procedures of the United Nations and the norms of justice and fair play”, Minister Bogollagama told media.

The Foreign Minister charged that the Special Rapporteur had ignored the very findings of his experts in an attempt to influence the elections in Sri Lanka. “Therefore Prof. Alston’s rush and determination to go public, ignoring procedure and the very opinions of the ‘experts’ must make us question whether he is targeting our country and deliberately timing his actions to coincide with the current sensitive phase of national elections,” the Minister said.

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Freed from his liberal base and moneyed donors, Sen. Chris Dodd can now cast himself as the honest broker in negotiations over a massive Wall Street regulation bill.

In deciding Wednesday not to seek re-election and to retire at the end of this year, the five-term Connecticut Democrat, who is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has the latitude to cut a deal with Republicans without fear of alienating liberal voters, according to political strategists from both parties and financial sector lobbyists.

At the same time, his decision also dilutes the influence of financial sector executives and hedge fund managers who have regularly filled Dodd’s campaign treasury.

That means President Barack Obama might see his proposed independent consumer protection agency significantly altered in a compromise. Dodd might also stand tough for requirements that banks put more of their money at risk when they make loans and that regulators have more control over previously hidden financial transactions.

“He can say, ‘This is a good idea, I don’t have to worry whether this is coming from the left or the right, and don’t worry whether it’s going to gain me 10 more votes or lose me 25 more votes,’” said former Democratic Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana, a dealmaker during his Senate days and now a lobbyist with financial services clients.

Dodd still has to negotiate tough Senate politics and seek common ground with Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the Banking Committee’s top Republican. But it will be harder for his critics — on the left and the right — to deride him as a populist panderer one day and a water carrier for Wall Street the next.

“The political motivations associated with Chairman Dodd’s re-election are now gone from the regulatory process,” said Scott Talbott, senior lobbyist for the Financial Services Roundtable, which represents some of the nation’s largest financial institutions.

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