By the way, it wasn’t a “filibuster”.

“Lawmakers have reached an agreement to end the one-man filibuster by Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., that has blocked an extension of health and unemployment benefits since last week.

The Senate will take a series of votes Tuesday night, culminating in a final vote on the $10 billion bill. The legislation would provide a 30-day extension of federal employment benefits for the unemployed as well as a 65% subsidy to help people who have lost their job pay for health insurance under the COBRA program.

Bunning has argued that the measure should be paid for, which it currently is not. He had previously suggested using leftover money from the economic stimulus bill. On Tuesday, he said he would support a Democratic proposal to end a bio-fuel tax credit for “black liquor,” a byproduct of the paper making process, which budget analysts have predicted could save $24 billion over 10 years.

“We cannot keep adding to the debt and passing the buck,” Bunning said. “What matters is that we get our spending problems under control.”

Again, the media gets it wrong as it was a filibuster. Hot Air and Redstate school the media on it. In any case Bunning is to be commended for being the only politician in Washington with the guts to do the right thing when the wrong thing is to place this country more into debt.

We’ll miss him. Republicans wishing to keep their jobs or get one should also take note. Bunning is the template of what we are looking for.