Just Four Lawmakers Show Up To Congressional Hearing On Long-Term Unemployment Not one single Republican even bothered to show their face. Oh my, another huge issue discovered by the DNC Propagandist. Who refuses to discuss Obama's 11% and still rising unemployment rate. But she'll beat forever because Repubs didn't attend some useless meeting. The House has likely passed 40, 50 bills that would create jobs, that died in the Senate, but not a peep from her about that.