Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday opened the Senate floor with a speech blaming poor job creation data on the new round of jobless benefits that Democrats approved earlier this year.

The Kentucky Republican said business owners he met with back home over the district work period said they were having trouble hiring people.

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