Introduction
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks with reporters after the Senate cleared a hurdle to restore unemployment benefits.
With the GOP filibuster broken in the Senate, the legislation authorizing $33 billion in unpaid-for unemployment benefits heads to a final vote in the House. Over the course of three different votes in the Senate, it has been an ugly fight all around.
Here are five lessons from the fight over jobless benefits for Republicans to keep in mind.
