How important is a war spending bill if it also includes help for America’s long-term jobless workers? To the President, it isn’t worth much. Jesse Russell reports:

Long-term jobless workers looking for relief in the current recession may be about to receive some more pain via the tip of the President’s veto pen. The House voted on Friday to extend unemployment insurance benefits by 13 weeks, and tacked the measure onto a supplemental Iraq War spending bill. The measure also includes an additional 13 weeks in states with an unemployment rate over six percent. Bush has threatened to veto the spending bill if it reaches his desk with the unemployment extension attached. This is the second time Bush has threatened to veto a bill if it included extra help for the 200,000 jobless workers each month who fall off the unemployment rolls. The legislation was cut from the economic stimulus package earlier this year. The House approved the current measure 256-166 with 30 Republicans crossing the aisle to vote in favor of the extension. The president has also threatened to veto the supplemental spending bill if it includes funding to improve the levees around New Orleans.