Jim Bunning found a flicker of compassion inside of his cold, dead heart:
Under increasing pressure from Democrats and members of his own party, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) Tuesday night abandoned his one-man filibuster of a one-month extension to unemployment benefits and other programs.
In the end Bunning agreed to a deal allowing him one vote on an amendment to pay for the bill’s $10 billion cost. That proposal was offered by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last Thursday at the start of his filibuster, but Bunning rejected it because he feared his amendment would not pass.
Harry Reid allowed Bunning to offer an amendment to pay for the extension with stimulus funds. This is the deal that he was offered last week. So, Bunning gained nothing except notoriety. Now Bunning has put a blanket hold on all of Obama’s nominees, so he’s pretty much still a douchenozzle.
The unemployment benefits extension passed the Senate 78-19.