Jobs Bill Officially Stalls Out in the Senate

They can get the housing bill done again… But they can't get the unemployment bill passed. Ummm, seem like it all depends on who's pockets are getting lined.

This Bill didn't fail because it was not needed, it failed for two reasons; A). all the other crap they added to it. Just focus on Unemployment and B). Who it taxed to get the funds. It was doomed to fail from the get go. No Senator was going to vote for to increase taxes on fund managers, Hello Senators are fund managers and supported by fund managers.

So far 33,000+ people have told Congress to get off their butts and get the extension passed. I don't recall seeing a petition to get the housing bill done…

http://www.change.org/petitions/view/the_99ers_…

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I am deeply angry and ashamed at my own party, the Democratic Party, for its cowardice on HR 4213 . Not to let the Republicans off the hook, however butt kicking starts at home!

For example:

Senator Jon Tester (D — Montana) introduced the idea of cutting the $25 stimulus added to unemployment checks.
Tell him what you think: http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/

Diane Feinstein was quoted as saying “We have 99 weeks of unemployment insurance now. The question becomes how long do you continue it before people just don't go back to work at all?”. Does she not understand the bill? HR 4213 would only extend the filing deadline NOT the number of weeks.
Tell her what you think: http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fu…

Nancy Pelosi has been quoted making a similar statement.
Tell her where to go: http://www.house.gov/pelosi/contact/contact.html

Full list of Dems/Independents voting NO in a test vote on hr 4213:
Evan Bayh (Ind.) http://bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/
Begich (Alaska) http://begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Ema…
Feingold (Wis.) http://feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html
Kohl (Wis.) http://kohl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Landrieu (La.) http://landrieu.senate.gov/about/contact.cfm
McCaskill (Mo.) http://mccaskill.senate.gov/?p=contact
Nelson (Neb.) http://bennelson.senate.gov/contact-me.cfm
Nelson (Fla) http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Pryor (Ark.) http://pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Cont…
Webb (Va.). http://webb.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Russ Feingold (D-WI) http://feingold.senate.gov/contact_opinion.html

Everyone is now suddenly a fiscal conservative when it comes to the unemployed, after bailing out every unseemly entity this country has to offer.

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[...] that stalled out in the Senate. Yesterday, to appease deficit hawks and the 12 Democrats who voted against authorizing emergency deficit spending on the bill, they trimmed back unemployment benefits and [...]

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Jobs in NY have been decimated on all levels and there are no foreigners rushing to our aid. Now the state gov't is cutting gov't jobs and school funding. If they cut into the social programs even deeper soon we will have nothing left and we will truly be like Mexico or China. The over all job creation by foreign companies is fractional in comparison to job loss. it leaves a bad taste in my mouth even having foreign companies in our country where they create a few lower paying jobs with lousy benefits, and knowing all the real profits go to dictators who will make people work for nothing to take over our businesses and buy up our real estate. It is Treason we are really dealing with and no one wants to face up to it or deal with it!

[...] Senate. From big pieces of the agenda you voted for in droves, to minor appointee confirmations, to simple bills that would extend unemployment insurance to the many millions of you who have been with…. Well, here’s the plan. For some reason, I just feel like taking two people who are doing [...]

[...] Senate. From big pieces of the agenda you voted for in droves, to minor appointee confirmations, to simple bills that would extend unemployment insurance to the many millions of you who have been with…. Well, here’s the plan. For some reason, I just feel like taking two people who are doing [...]

Throw out the republican senators, and the blue dog dems at the next election, that is the only way to show these people that the american public means business when they speak. The jobs bill is esential to all the unemployed untill this economy recovers. They speak well when it comes to giving our money to foreign countries, or their favorite perks, something like leave their oun family starve while feading the neighbors across the street!!! REMEMBER- VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE, AND LET THEM SEED WHAT UN-EMPLOYMENT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE!!

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[...] Senate. From big pieces of the agenda you voted for in droves, to minor appointee confirmations, to simple bills that would extend unemployment insurance to the many millions of you who have been with…. Well, here’s the plan. For some reason, I just feel like taking two people who are doing [...]

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[...] Jobs Bill Officially Stalls Out in the Senate « The WashingtonYesterday evening, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) withdrew his filing for cloture on the jobs bill, also known as the tax extenders bill or H.R. 4213, currently in the Senate. … The measure lost, 45-52, with a 12 Senate Democrats voting in opposition. Essentially, the Senate said the $80 … So how do Democrats move forward? [...]