Let's see. The Senate went home for the weekend without passing an extension to the $600 a week in enhanced unemployment benefits--so that program will pay out its last checks tomorrow. China retaliated for U.S. action to close China's Houston consulate on accusations of espionage by ordering the closing of the U.S consulate in Chengdu. […]


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