McConnell said yesterday on "Fox News Sunday" that he also favors "the biggest deal possible. We're just not going to raise taxes in the middle of this horrible situation."
The Labor Department reported July 8 that the unemployment rate in June unexpectedly climbed to 9.2 percent, the highest this year. Employers added 18,000 jobs, the weakest growth since September 2010. Payroll growth for May also was revised downward, to 25,000.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, expressed frustration yesterday that Republicans had repeatedly walked away from the table, according to one congressional aide. Cantor left the Biden negotiations in a similar stalemate on taxes.