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http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/26/news/economy/unemployment_insurance/index.htm

I'm not currently unemployed, but if I was and this asshole was the lone reason I wouldn't be getting a check next week to feed my family, you can sure as hell bet I would want to do him bodily harm. While it's always frustrating when congress drags it's feet on an issue that directly affects you, it's usually very unspecific what the hold up is, there no identifiable individual that you could direct your anger towards. But in this case there is, and in a few days there will be 1 million angry people that will looking for someone to blame, add to that another 5 million by June, that pretty much guarantees that someone will follow through with permanently removing this obstacle if an unemployment extension bill isn't passed soon.

While secret service protects the president, cabinet members, presidential candidates and head of state from other countries visiting, congress and senators are not offered the same kind of protection. While they are free to hire there own body guards, most typically do not.