With Republicans (and a couple Democrats) holding up legislation in the Senate that would extend unemployment benefits and provide needed aid to states, liberal groups are ratcheting up the pressure on GOP moderates to cross the aisle and break the impasse.
In a six-figure buy, Americans United for Change (AUC), and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will run the television ad embedded below in Maine. The ad targets Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, who are both helping to block the legislation.
“It’s very simple – more jobs now mean less debt later. If Senators Snowe and Collins are truly concerned about the deficit, then they need to vote for this jobs bill – especially as unemployment hovers near ten percent, and 900,000 more workers face the threat of lay-offs,” said AFSCME President Gerald McEntee.
