GOP blocks legislation to award seniors $250

"Barbara Kennelly, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, said it was a "cruel irony" that while Congress and White House were negotiating a deal extending huge tax cuts to wealthy Americans, "today we're told that providing $250 for America's seniors and their families is considered too generous."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101208/ap_on_bi_ge/us_social_security_no_cola

The $250 payment bill is H.R. 5987.

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