GOP Obstructs Unemployment Benefits extension

[Emma]

just tell me how the GOP can block ANYTHING in this congress?

Any Senator can block a vote. Kyl did so on this bill.

how?
it takes 60 votes to end debate
the dems have 60 votes

I don't believe it was being debated but rather up for vote.

He objected to the vote, because he needed 'more time' to read the bill or some such nonsense. It's a procedural way to delay voting / passage.

Remember how Bachmann's sole objection delayed that resolution?

 

[DiveCon]

Any Senator can block a vote. Kyl did so on this bill.

how?
it takes 60 votes to end debate
the dems have 60 votes

I don't believe it was being debated but rather up for vote.

He objected to the vote, because he needed 'more time' to read the bill or some such nonsense. It's a procedural way to delay voting / passage.

Remember how Bachmann's sole objection delayed that resolution?

he can ASK for the delay, but doesnt that also have to be voted on?

and you would need to show me a valid link for the Bachman claim as this is the first i have heard of that one

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Can a lib please tell me how long is TOO LONG for unemployment benefits to be handed out? Please give me a number of weeks that is TOO MUCH.

:crickets:

They have to find the money somewhere, you just can't let people starve and move out onto the streets. This is a jobless economy right now and until we get healthcare reform and start getting people back to work, they need assistance.

Too bad the Republicans have obstructed so much. Someone might take their input more seriously.

Now go back and find where in the Constitution the Federal Government can spend MY tax dollars on feeding the poor and the hungry? Where they have the authority to tax to run health care or even provide ANY unemployment benefits at all. You want the Government to do those things? Then create and pass an amendment giving the Federal Government the power to do so.

 

[The Rabbi]

Can a lib please tell me how long is TOO LONG for unemployment benefits to be handed out? Please give me a number of weeks that is TOO MUCH.

:crickets:

They have to find the money somewhere, you just can't let people starve and move out onto the streets. This is a jobless economy right now and until we get healthcare reform and start getting people back to work, they need assistance.

Too bad the Republicans have obstructed so much. Someone might take their input more seriously.

Geez, hard to know where to start here.
It is not jobless. Plenty of people have jobs, over 90% to be more exact. Companies do hire people, even in recessions.
People have had assistance. How many weeks have people been on unemployment already? Six months? More?
Health care reform is not getting people back to work. Actually it will have the opposite effect most likely.
The GOP has rightly obstructed destructive policies of the administration. Ithought the Dums ran as the party of fiscal responsibility in '06?

 

[editec]

can you spell,,, B R O K E?

Can you spell C L A S S I S M ?

 

[Sarah G]

Any Senator can block a vote. Kyl did so on this bill.

how?
it takes 60 votes to end debate
the dems have 60 votes

I don't believe it was being debated but rather up for vote.

He objected to the vote, because he needed 'more time' to read the bill or some such nonsense. It's a procedural way to delay voting / passage.

Remember how Bachmann's sole objection delayed that resolution?

They never seem to have enough time to read the bill. Ridiculous, I guess we need some Republican replacements who can find the time for their constituents.

 

[The Rabbi]

As opposed to Democrats who vote without bothering to read it.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

As opposed to Democrats who vote without bothering to read it.

THAT is different.

 

[Single Dad]

Can a lib please tell me how long is TOO LONG for unemployment benefits to be handed out? Please give me a number of weeks that is TOO MUCH.

:crickets:

Gotta love these assholes. The people out of work now are not the chronically unemployed. They are the people that have worked hard for most of their lives and believed that the system was working for them. Now they know just how wrong they have been.

But you blame them for the situation created by the greed of the already very wealthy. Worked for you dumb bastards real well in the last Great Republican Depression, now, didn't it.

Can you please answer the question? How long would be TOO LONG for someone to receive unemployment benefits? At what point in time should the benefits be STOPPED AS EXCESSIVE? IS THERE ANY LIMIT in your mind?

 

[Single Dad]

Can a lib please tell me how long is TOO LONG for unemployment benefits to be handed out? Please give me a number of weeks that is TOO MUCH.

:crickets:

They have to find the money somewhere, you just can't let people starve and move out onto the streets. This is a jobless economy right now and until we get healthcare reform and start getting people back to work, they need assistance.

Too bad the Republicans have obstructed so much. Someone might take their input more seriously.

How long is TOO LONG for people to be on unemployment? When should the benefits be cut off? How long is TOO MUCH?

 

[WillowTree]

Can a lib please tell me how long is TOO LONG for unemployment benefits to be handed out? Please give me a number of weeks that is TOO MUCH.

:crickets:

Gotta love these assholes. The people out of work now are not the chronically unemployed. They are the people that have worked hard for most of their lives and believed that the system was working for them. Now they know just how wrong they have been.

But you blame them for the situation created by the greed of the already very wealthy. Worked for you dumb bastards real well in the last Great Republican Depression, now, didn't it.

unable to answer a simple question as usual.

 

[WillowTree]

can you spell,,, B R O K E?

Can you spell C L A S S I S M ?

can you spell GOV. B R O K E?

 

[California Girl]

A registered GOP redneck walked into the local welfare office to pick up his cheque. He marched straight up to the counter and said, "Hi. You know, I just HATE drawing welfare. I'd really rather have a job."
The social worker behind the counter said, "Your timing is excellent. We just got a job opening from a very wealthy old man who wants a chauffeur and bodyguard for his beautiful daughter. You'll have to drive around in his 2008Mercedes-Benz CL, and he will supply all of your clothes. Because of the long hours, meals will be provided. You'll also be expected to escort the daughter on her overseas holiday trips. This is rather awkward to say, but you will also have, as part of your job assignment, to satisfy her sexual urges as the daughter is in her mid-20's and has a rather strong sex drive."

The redneck, just plain wide-eyed, said, "You're fuckin' bullshittin' me!" The social worker said, "Yeah, well. . You fuckin' started it."

And the next guy in line was registered DNC. Walked up to the counter, sipping his latte, looked at his check and whined "Fucking Repubs - they should pay more taxes so I can get more of someone else's money for doing nothing".

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Democrats love the Unemployed so much they want every American to be one.

Dems looks back fondly at the Glory Days of FDR where unemployment averaged 17% for 8 whole years

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Extending unemployment benefits tend to keep people out of the work force since it leaves them free to be picky about the jobs they take. So actually the Republicans are doing the right thing here.
The Dems are of course playing politics with the issue, trying to demagogue it like they always do.

You betcha, ol' Rabid. Them suckers should be taking minimum wage jobs so they can lose their homes even sooner.

The demagoguery here is done by people like you.

You think unemployment is going to pay a mortgage, car note, groceries, utility bills etc...?!?!? If so then you're as dumb as a box of old rocks.

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Republicans care about the average worker...Yea RIGHT!

There are two types of Republicans, millionaires and Suckers...

Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

More than 7,000 people across the country are losing their unemployment benefits every single day because Republicans are playing politics. Hardworking, middle class families, who are already cutting coupons and squeezing pennies to make ends meet, are now going to have the last strand of the safety net pulled right out from under them, simply because Republicans are obstructing progress.

Last week, the majority of my colleagues and I moved twice to extend unemployment benefits for millions of hardworking Americans who have been laid off and unable to find work in this difficult economy. These are our families, our friends, our neighbors. We all know someone who has been thrown into this situation.

But rather than do what is right, Republicans did what was politically convenient, twice blocking the extension in an effort to derail other economic recovery programs.


Read more at: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

You do realize the republicans DO NOT have a majority and the democrats have enough votes to PASS ANY BILL without republican support, dont you?

God ignorance will be the death of our great nation I swear.


Now that I got the obvious out of the way did you actually read the bill the republicans are complaining about? Do you see WHAT ELSE is in the bill besides the unemployment thing? Seriously people WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Republicans care about the average worker...Yea RIGHT!

There are two types of Republicans, millionaires and Suckers...

Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

More than 7,000 people across the country are losing their unemployment benefits every single day because Republicans are playing politics. Hardworking, middle class families, who are already cutting coupons and squeezing pennies to make ends meet, are now going to have the last strand of the safety net pulled right out from under them, simply because Republicans are obstructing progress.

Last week, the majority of my colleagues and I moved twice to extend unemployment benefits for millions of hardworking Americans who have been laid off and unable to find work in this difficult economy. These are our families, our friends, our neighbors. We all know someone who has been thrown into this situation.

But rather than do what is right, Republicans did what was politically convenient, twice blocking the extension in an effort to derail other economic recovery programs.


Read more at: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

You do realize the republicans DO NOT have a majority and the democrats have enough votes to PASS ANY BILL without republican support, dont you?

God ignorance will be the death of our great nation I swear.


Now that I got the obvious out of the way did you actually read the bill the republicans are complaining about? Do you see WHAT ELSE is in the bill besides the unemployment thing? Seriously people WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!

Will Dems pay Carbon Credits to people to not Breed?

 

[Bfgrn]

Can a lib please tell me how long is TOO LONG for unemployment benefits to be handed out? Please give me a number of weeks that is TOO MUCH.

:crickets:

Under normal circumstances, 26 weeks is enough... THESE are not normal circumstances...

During the Great Depression, right wing pea brains of that era chided FDR for trying to help fellow his Americans...he was roundly criticized for excessive spending by conservative members of Congress, who claimed that the economy would sort itself out "in the long run". Prompting Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins to reply, "People don't eat in the long run, they eat every day."

Right wing solutions are FANTASTIC...if ONLY human beings would evaporate...

"Have you ever heard of a bleeding heart Republican?"
Paul Craig Roberts - the father of Reaganomics

"We have all made mistakes. But Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted on different scales. Better the occasional faults of a party living in the spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a party frozen in the ice of its own indifference."
President John F. Kennedy

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Can a lib please tell me how long is TOO LONG for unemployment benefits to be handed out? Please give me a number of weeks that is TOO MUCH.

:crickets:

Under normal circumstances, 26 weeks is enough... THESE are not normal circumstances...

During the Great Depression, right wing pea brains of that era chided FDR for trying to help fellow his Americans...he was roundly criticized for excessive spending by conservative members of Congress, who claimed that the economy would sort itself out "in the long run". Prompting Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins to reply, "People don't eat in the long run, they eat every day."

Right wing solutions are FANTASTIC...if ONLY human beings would evaporate...

"Have you ever heard of a bleeding heart Republican?"
Paul Craig Roberts - the father of Reaganomics

"We have all made mistakes. But Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted on different scales. Better the occasional faults of a party living in the spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a party frozen in the ice of its own indifference."
President John F. Kennedy

The 1920 Depression Ended In One Year When Government Did Nothing
Vincent Fernando|Oct. 12, 2009, 1:49 PM

In this fascinating speech, economist Thomas Woods explains why you've never heard of the Depression of 1920. Because it was over within a year, as the government let it run its course.

* The first year of the 1920 Depression was worse than that of 1929. Conditions were horrible.
* Yet due to President Woodrow Wilson's stroke near the end of his term, very little was done by the government to stop the economic decline.
* By the summer of 1921, recovery was on the way.
* It's too bad we're scared into thinking that economic downturns automatically require bold government action. History shows they don't necessarily require any.

The 1920 Depression Ended In One Year When Government Did Nothing

FDR was "Great" because he destroyed the US Economy so people would accept Socialism

 

[The T]

can you spell,,, B R O K E?

Can you spell C L A S S I S M ?

can you spell GOV. B R O K E?

Exactly. They'll just raise taxes even more. These Statists won't be happy until they've killed the cash cow called the U.S. Taxpayer. Then their plans will really take effect.