Friday, June 18, 2010

FMAP Funding Looking Very Bleak

From: Charles Loveless
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 1:59 PM
To: AFSCME Leadership
Cc: Executive Staff Assistants
Subject: Update on State Fiscal Aid
Importance: High

Sisters and Brothers –

Last night the U.S. Senate again failed to break a Republican filibuster of the jobs bill. Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) joined all Republicans in supporting the filibuster.

Senate leadership is huddling this afternoon to determine whether there is a path forward for the bill, which, as you know, includes FMAP, an unemployment insurance extension and aid for doctors who accept Medicare.

SEPAC Note: More information will be forthcoming early next week.

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