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Yeah, the public record I linked to says the bill never got passed the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs which the GOP held the majority of the seats. There is no filibuster in a committee, it is simple majority vote.
As Ed points out, that bill died in committee...
the bill did make it out of committee, and it made it to the Republican Leadership to bring it to the floor for a vote.
That's yet another bill which died in the hands of Republicans. That was S.190 (2005). ShaklesOfBigGov referenced S.1508 (2003).
The GOP Senate also killed another reform bill introduced by Sen. Corzine D NJ.
As is H.R.2575 (2003)
Bush doubled the number of unemployed from 6 million to 12 million, and to you that was great.
Bush doubled the number of unemployed from 6 million to 12 million, and to you that was great.
Obama has reduced the number of unemployed from 12 million to 7.9 million and you say that is bad because of some stupid meaningless average that hides the damage that Bush did to the economy.
Bush doubled the number of unemployed from 6 million to 12 million, and to you that was great.
Obama has reduced the number of unemployed from 12 million to 7.9 million and you say that is bad because of some stupid meaningless average that hides the damage that Bush did to the economy.
Generally, the economy was very good while Bush was in office. For most of those 96 months that he was in office, more people had jobs and an easier time finding jobs than they did while Obama was in office. In February 2008, only 11 months before Bush left office, the unemployment rate was at 4.9% and the labor force participation rate was near 60%. The numbers only turned bad in Bush's last few months in office caused by the financial crises due to excessive deregulation from years ago, most of which happened prior to Bush entering office in 2001. Bill Clintons repeal of Glass-Steagall act had far more impact in creating the financial crises of 2008 than anything Bush did. In general, Bush did well with the economy although he did not undue the damage done by Clinton and others through deregulation which unfortunately led to the collapse and recession in late 2008.
Bush doubled the number of unemployed from 6 million to 12 million, and to you that was great.
Obama has reduced the number of unemployed from 12 million to 7.9 million and you say that is bad because of some stupid meaningless average that hides the damage that Bush did to the economy.
Generally, the economy was very good while Bush was in office. For most of those 96 months that he was in office, more people had jobs and an easier time finding jobs than they did while Obama was in office. In February 2008, only 11 months before Bush left office, the unemployment rate was at 4.9% and the labor force participation rate was near 60%. The numbers only turned bad in Bush's last few months in office caused by the financial crises due to excessive deregulation from years ago, most of which happened prior to Bush entering office in 2001. Bill Clintons repeal of Glass-Steagall act had far more impact in creating the financial crises of 2008 than anything Bush did. In general, Bush did well with the economy although he did not undue the damage done by Clinton and others through deregulation which unfortunately led to the collapse and recession in late 2008.
Hence the difficulties with your ridiculous "average" claims
Bush was handed a strong economy, 4.1% unemployment, no deficit, no wars to pay for...took a while for him to screw it up
But screw it up he did........and left it for Obama to fix
Bush doubled the number of unemployed from 6 million to 12 million, and to you that was great.
Obama has reduced the number of unemployed from 12 million to 7.9 million and you say that is bad because of some stupid meaningless average that hides the damage that Bush did to the economy.
Generally, the economy was very good while Bush was in office. For most of those 96 months that he was in office, more people had jobs and an easier time finding jobs than they did while Obama was in office. In February 2008, only 11 months before Bush left office, the unemployment rate was at 4.9% and the labor force participation rate was near 60%. The numbers only turned bad in Bush's last few months in office caused by the financial crises due to excessive deregulation from years ago, most of which happened prior to Bush entering office in 2001. Bill Clintons repeal of Glass-Steagall act had far more impact in creating the financial crises of 2008 than anything Bush did. In general, Bush did well with the economy although he did not undue the damage done by Clinton and others through deregulation which unfortunately led to the collapse and recession in late 2008.
Hence the difficulties with your ridiculous "average" claims
Bush was handed a strong economy, 4.1% unemployment, no deficit, no wars to pay for...took a while for him to screw it up
But screw it up he did........and left it for Obama to fix
Exactly.......
And Bill Clinton left with surplus then screwed by Bush.
Clinton Projects $1.9 Trillion Budget Surplus
So Bill Clinton was responsible for the low unemployment during the Bush Regime, since you are claiming that Clinton policies that Bush didn't change were the controlling influence on the economy.Bush doubled the number of unemployed from 6 million to 12 million, and to you that was great.
Obama has reduced the number of unemployed from 12 million to 7.9 million and you say that is bad because of some stupid meaningless average that hides the damage that Bush did to the economy.
Generally, the economy was very good while Bush was in office. For most of those 96 months that he was in office, more people had jobs and an easier time finding jobs than they did while Obama was in office. In February 2008, only 11 months before Bush left office, the unemployment rate was at 4.9% and the labor force participation rate was near 60%. The numbers only turned bad in Bush's last few months in office caused by the financial crises due to excessive deregulation from years ago, most of which happened prior to Bush entering office in 2001. Bill Clintons repeal of Glass-Steagall act had far more impact in creating the financial crises of 2008 than anything Bush did. In general, Bush did well with the economy although he did not undue the damage done by Clinton and others through deregulation which unfortunately led to the collapse and recession in late 2008.
That's because unlike Bush, his predecessor didn't hand him an unemployment rate of 4.2%. Instead, Obama inherited the highest unemployment rate that any president started with since Hoover passed along double digit unemployment to FDR.
