We reported earlier that President Barack Obama didn't slam Sen. Jim Bunning in a speech Tuesday, as initially expected, for holding up stimulus spending legislation that has resulted in stopping building projects and ending unemployment benefits to tens of thousands.

It seemed like there was something in the works between Democrats and Republicans and that evidently was the case based on reports of comments by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Evidently there was.

As Reuters reports:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will soon resolve a standoff that has disrupted jobless payments and highway construction, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said
Tuesday.

"We're going to be able to work out the short-term extension in the very near future and we're in the process of working on that now," McConnell said at a news conference.