rssStabenow, Brown Lash Out at Republicans for Killing Jobs Bill
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 6:08 pm
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Earlier today, I participated in a reporters’ call with Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), regarding the collapse of the jobs bill, also known as the extenders package or H.R. 4213, yesterday. They lashed out at Republicans and made the case for the stimulative effect of unemployment insurance — also accusing Republicans of cynically starting to worry about deficits they caused in the midst of an unemployment crisis. Here is a flash transcript of some of the remarks:
Stabenow on what the collapse of the bill means:
People who lost their job through no fault of their own [got] caught up in this economic crisis. We didn’t even get one Republican colleague to join us to stop the filibuster. What we saw instead was them standing with the oil companies and the corporations shipping jobs overseas and wealthy investors. [This was] very much like the fight on Wall Street reform, where we saw them standing with those who wanted to block any changes.
And, it’s very much what we’ve seen from them all the time in the Senate. We’re at 244 objections now, 244 efforts to block us from moving forward. It’s unheard of, absolutely unheard of. We’ve never seen the kind of obstruction that we see now.
People who lost their jobs are being caught up in this, and used as political pawns in a partisan battle about an election.
Brown on who the collapse of the jobs bill has hurt:
These are people who, if they lose their insurance, if they don’t get unemployment insurance, they’re more likely to lose their health care. They’re more likely to lose their home … Most Senators voting against [the bill] do not personally know people who have lost their jobs, lost their health care, lost their homes … Some Senators think unemployment is welfare. It’s called unemployment insurance, not unemployment welfare. You pay in when you’re working, to help you when you are not.
Brown on Republican hypocrisy:
[Republicans] voted for tax breaks [and] two wars without paying for them … now that it’s unemployment, now that it’s middle-class workers that need help with unemployment compensation or to keep their health insurance, then all of a sudden they’ve got budget religion, then everything is about cutting government spending.
Brown on the impact of unemployment insurance:
We want to extend these benefits. And we want to extend them clearly because it is good economics … [Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) own] economic adviser argued that unemployment compensation has the best stimulative effect in terms of the multiplier effect.
We’re all concerned about the national debt. Sen. Stabenow and I have been concerned about it for a decade and a half. And that’s why, when [President Bush took office], we had left it with a budget surplus. When I hear Republicans talk about the budget deficit — after the war, tax cuts, Medicare, insurance company bailouts — they caused it. It appears a bit hypocritical. I’m interested in dealing with the deficit, but at this stage in the recovery, we can’t.
Stabenow on the relationship between unemployment and the deficit:
We’re never going to get out of the deficit if 15 million people are out of a job.
Stabenow on governors needing federal aid for states:
There is a group of governors coming in on Monday. It’s my hope that we’ll see the Republican governors talking with us stand up and join, so it’s a bipartisan effort [to push for funding for states]. We received a letter prior to the vote from 47 governors, Republican and Democrat, asking us to pass this critical state funding. What’s [going to be] most helpful to us is to have the Republican governors talking to their Republican colleagues.
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Comment posted June 25, 2010 @ 11:11 pm
I think it's PATENTLY clear how to vote in November and beyond.
Repuglicans who voted “no” on the jobs bill, and EVERY economic stimulus bill, your days are numbered.
Oh, Nelson……..Hey there, YOU TOO!
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Comment posted June 26, 2010 @ 5:57 pm
“YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!” What's the matter with you? Is this what you've become, a Hollywood finocchio who cries like a woman? “Oh, what do I do? What do I do?” What is that nonsense? Ridiculous! Go to work!
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Comment posted June 26, 2010 @ 11:53 pm
O.K., Mister “I got all the answers”,
Without being condescending or insulting, tell them WHERE they can find them.
If you can't, I'd STFU if I were you. You'll look MUCH smarter that way.
Comment posted June 27, 2010 @ 2:49 am
Don't worry about this clown.
He's just flapping his lips in the breeze. When dogs do it, it looks comical and amusing. When bozos like this guy does it, he just looks pathetic.
Comment posted June 27, 2010 @ 3:11 pm
Does anyone know if the vote got passed to extend unemployment benefits just for the people who got laid off 6 months ago, NOT the 99ers?
Comment posted June 27, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
It was not. The vote was 57-41.
It was along partisan lines, with Ben Nelson voting with the “do nothing” party.
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Comment posted June 27, 2010 @ 7:48 pm
To all you “Ignorant and Heartless” Senators,
Please tell me how I can move my clothes into one of your homes? As you have failed to pass the unemployment extension, I am having to resort to homelessness!!
Let's get down to business. First of all, we have the “Issue” of just trying to get another extension through the end of the year for those who can receive the benefits of 99 weeks, if applicable, because they can't find a job. Which there are millions of us in the same boat. Then we have the 99ers who are on the brink of losing everything, if not already, because the Senate won't pass a bill for an extension, much less a bill to extend benefits beyond 99 weeks.
Then you have some Yo Yo Senator who wants to drug test the unemployed to make sure that we're not squandering our “Huge” weekly income on drugs and or alcohol. Well tell me please, who the “Hell” can afford drugs or alcohol on the “Small” amount of unemployment benefits that we are receiving to be able to squander that on drugs. And to add to that note: Who is paying for this drug testing?? Their already talking about taking away the “Extra” $25 a week from our so called paycheck in order to reduce the spending on this bill. But yet, it costs more than $25 dollars for a drug and alcohol test. As I'm shaking my head right now! The majority of these people in the Senate are too old to realize and or remember the day when they were young and had to deliver newspapers for a couple of bucks a day and had their parents to rely on for them to get by and make it in the world.
And that takes me to the next bill “They” the Senate, want to try and pass a: “Youth jobs program this summer”. OK, I understand as we get “Old” and go into retirement homes or get sick we hope that our children will be able to take care of us. These poor kids will be taking care of us NOW in our mid 30's, 40's and 50's by working because we have been “Denied” unemployment extensions, “Especially” for the long term “99ers”.
Now, what is that telling the youth of the future of how “The Supposed USA” is the greatest country to live in??
Signed,
Extremely Disappointed In America!!!
Comment posted June 28, 2010 @ 3:15 am
Believe me, I feel for you.
I came back from Iraq a couple of years ago, and saw the way this country was deteriorating.
I felt President Obama would try to turn the tide, and he did, to some degree, WITHOUT the help of the Repuglicans. The Senate has an order to the bills they put to the floor for debate. The Repuglicans have stalled, or just filibustered bills for no other reason than they want this country to fail, so they can say, “See, we told you so”. Senator Reid has, time and again, reshuffled the order, to bring relief to the unemployed. The GOBP wants none of it. They'll kiss the a** of BP and other corporations, multinational or otherwise, but won't help fellow Americans in need.
I fought for my fellow Americans, and it pi**es me off, that they are bound and DETERMINED to see you fail.
So don't lump the entire Senate together. There are those who want to, and are trying to help, mostly Democrats (with the exception of Ben Nelson).
I'm fighting for you again, it seems, because this situation is intolerable from “representatives” who were elected to do good for the people, but are only interested in padding their own pockets-not yours.
I am talking to a few organizations to reverse the ridiculousness in the Senate. I have one thing to offer you as release valve:
I think at this point, you KNOW now, how to vote in November and beyond!
Comment posted June 28, 2010 @ 5:30 am
No it did'nt I just ran out of my 26 weeks. Republicans refused to pass it But there is another standalone S3520 So there is still hope! Google it for info. I feel your pain cause I am living it.
Comment posted June 28, 2010 @ 5:36 am
Why are you even commenting this obviously does not pertain to you. We are not lazy I have worked all my life and send out 10 to 15 resumes a day for the last 6 months! And guess what I have not gotten 1 callback.
Comment posted June 28, 2010 @ 3:39 pm
Can I not be concerned for fellow Americans?
I DO know how it feels to be unemployed for extended periods without assistance. Try being laid off for telling the TRUTH. Then blackballed, and to make matters worse, the former employer violating the law by telling prospective employers LIES about one's employment record and conduct.
All that without UI, because of a “technicality” in the law, for nine months!
I lost my house over that one, and there was no recession.
I NEVER called you lazy. If anything, I defend your right to complain. I am also working to see to it Congress gets it's act together to get relief to you. Of course, if you don't want that, I will gladly defer, if the concensus of those who commented here, and you would rather go it alone. I will bow out. Let me know.
Comment posted June 28, 2010 @ 5:32 pm
There is no more important business than the education of the silent majority on the contrast between Democrats and Republicans. The problem is, many Americans have been raised Republican without even thinking about it, and they pass it on down to future generations. My mother adored Ronald Reagan, and wouldn't listen to a word against him, even though he did absolutely nothing to benefit her family. Democrats and Independents must work hard to correct this false perspective, or we will have to watch the Republicans reclaim power and finish the job that Bush began.
Comment posted June 28, 2010 @ 5:36 pm
Republicans in Congress are DEVILS trying to DESTROY THE USA.
Comment posted June 28, 2010 @ 5:41 pm
SATAN is a LIAR and REPUBLICANS in Congress ARE LIARS. They CLAIM to be GOOD CHRISTIANS but that is just another of their LIES. Republican WORDS AND ACTIONS show they are DEVILS. Republicans ARE HEARTLESS because THEY ARE NOT CHRISTIANS.
Comment posted June 28, 2010 @ 5:43 pm
CHRISTIANS have COMPASSION for the down-trodden. REPUBLICANS DO NOT.
Comment posted June 29, 2010 @ 9:11 am
It would be great if the President would enact an Executive Order to make the Senate & House pass the unemployment extension for the millions without unemployment because it ran out. The 99ers are in need just as well as the other unemployed. Perhaps we should sent the President a message for this to happen.
Unemployed 99er
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