Voinovich: Reid More Interested in Bashing GOP Than Passing Unemployment Extension Bill

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 5:29 pm

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) today is accusing Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate majority leader, of playing politics with the federal extension of unemployment benefits. He says Reid rejected a compromise, offsetting half the cost of the bill with stimulus money, to keep the blocked unemployment extension as a cudgel against the GOP. Here is Voinovich’s full statement:

I have supported tens-of-billions of dollars in assistance for unemployed families in Ohio thus far and last week supported another unemployment insurance extension which was paid for. Unfortunately my Democratic colleagues blocked that amendment offered by Senator John Thune which also would have paid for tax extenders and FMAP without borrowing money on the credit card of our children and grandchildren.

In order to move forward, yesterday I told Leader Reid that I would support extending unemployment insurance if Democrats would be willing to use some of the estimated $40 billion in unspent stimulus monies to help offset at least half of the stand-alone unemployment insurance extension. He flatly rejected this request even though Democratic Leadership was going to take $10 billion from the stimulus to help pay for business tax breaks just last week. My concern is that the Democrats are more interested in having this issue to demagogue for political gamesmanship than they are in simply passing the benefits extension. I came to the table with a fair compromise and the ball is in their court.

Voinovich might have been and still might be the decisive 60th and final vote for cloture on the bill, stalled out for a month now, costing 1.2 million Americans extended benefits. He has voted for earlier incarnations of the extension. Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine are a likely yes for the bill; Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is a likely no — leaving Democrats one short.

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Yongdev
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 9:49 pm

SO WHICH REPUBLICAN GOP SENATOR IS GOING TO STEP UP AND BE THE CENTER STAR OF ATTENTION BY PASSING THIS BILL? WHOEVER MAKES THAT 1 SINGLE VOTE WILL SURELY BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT, PRAISED BY MANY, ESPECIALLY SUFFERING AMERICANS IN NEED, THIS SENATOR THAT MAKE THIS VOTE TO HELP PASS THE BILL IS LIKELY GUARANTEED A WIN IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THIS SINGLE ACTION…JUST SAYIN', DON”T YOU THINK?


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Michael
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 9:58 pm

ya right these fucking senators arnt going to do shit for us if they was they would have let obama pass a excutive order in unemployment extension but of course they kept him from doing that now so fuck em all come november there gone out of office


Kkuy98Krista Kuykendall
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 9:58 pm

I totally agree with you


Question
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 9:59 pm

Sounds like both sides are playing games…it needs to stop. Peoples lives are on the table here. Rep.s have mentioned they want 40 billion accounted for before they pass it Dem.s have shown 10 billion in this purposal…they are not agreeing on the rest. So until then Americans are suffering, That alone should say “ok we have 10 billion to cover lets just move forward and take it for what it is. America is suffering and we have take care of the American people.” Come on Congress! Pass the bill then figure out numbers afterwards!


Anonymouos
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:02 pm

I say that we should take away their paychecks and savings and retirement, like has happened to so many people in America, and see how long they can survive. This is such BS…people are barely making now and they want to take away the only income they have…Yes some people are just sitting back collecting and not looking, but me personally know many people who have looked and looked and either theya re TOO qualified or not qualified enough. There is no happy medium anymore….:-)


notlikingbeingunemployed
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:03 pm

Totally agree with you! Let that one senator shine and shine and be in the spotlight. . . . we need the extension now before the 4th break!


Guest
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:05 pm

That's what this is all about- some senator becoming a HERO while we suffer.
PLOITRICK- they are all the same, just one group called Democrats, the other REPUBLICANS.

Did we actually vote for them- someone tell me it was in another world. GEEZ, it is disgusting


Happi
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:07 pm

Reid, whoever are all playing games with our lives and that of our children.
They have food to feed their kids, their kids sleep on cozy bed, while we are struggling to make ends meet.


Justlookinjaw
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:19 pm

I not only agree with taking all thier paychecks,I personally think we should confiscate all thier assetts too.While we we're all working and not watching they we're stealing.Kinda intresting how they call them selves highly educated,Harvard,Yale, Ect– So what did they learn ??? HOW to Steal Money Legally


D.G.
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:19 pm

Mr. Reid,
Even though I have and still am a firm advocate of the Democratic party, this is a time where both parties have to come to compromise to pass this emergency bill. I know that this is considered an emergency measure but the GOP has remained firm on its stand of blocking this measure. Both parties have to give in a little to pass this lifeline to desperate Americans, those who are being hurt both emotionally and financially by this back and forth bickering and bs. Let's agree to offset half of the cost of this bill to put it into passage for the sake of hungry families bordering on foreclosure and homelessness, for the sake of public safety on our streets, because people will resort to crime when hungry and destitute. This is very important legislature and is in desperate need to pass before the July 4th recess. Let's start the month on a positive note, please, as a fellow democrat and honest tax payer, I implore you.


BigBoyBC
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:22 pm

I've said it once and I'll say it again. The REAL problem in congress are the entrenched incumbents. BOTH parties have suckered us into the “Democrat vs. Republican” game for too long. In November, regardless of which party you prefer, just VOTE ALL INCUMBENTS OUT! We need fresh blood with fresh ideas.


Flhxdude
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:22 pm

Senator Reid, stop the politics and compromise with the Republicans in order to do one thing that will actually help Americans who are really in need. Stop the politics as usual!!!!


HP
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:22 pm

It all comes down to who can put on the biggest show on Capitol Hill. It isn't about the people. This thing should have passed long ago without a doubt. You idiots are going to be sorry that is for sure. Now get off your asses and pass the bill for the hungry people and their families. Educated people (more than yourselves) are being denied and that just isn't right.


Bobrossartteacher
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:23 pm

The problem is that the Republicans are filibustering the bill. They won't let it come to a floor for a majority vote. The 60th vote is needed to to get cloture to bring the bill to the floor for an up or down vote. Once the filibuster is ended the bill passes easily. It is Sen. Voinovich that is using political gamesmanship by not allowing the bill to come to the floor for a vote. He somehow feels that his vote in the Senate is greater than the democratically elected majority of the American people. He is a fraud.


KAT72
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:34 pm

You need to educate yourself on the process. Then you can complain. Have you been calling and emailing all of the senators? If not, then might I suggest that you do so TONIGHT so you might be able to persuade just 1 more senator to vote to get it passed tomorrow……


Boppagibbz
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:37 pm

it's bullcrap that they won't pass this. didn't waste no time bailing out the wall street crooks. just ran out of unemployment benefits this week and i'm a single dad in college fulltime. it's not like i'm just sitting with my thumb stuck up my butt.


DWC
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:42 pm

Look can't you read English the Republicans have tried to compromise but all Reid say's its my way are no way so he can use at as a tool to get relected.Even Polosi has said the Democrats need to pay for part and get this passed.But I am starting to think most people whinning are nothing but a bunch of dead!!!!!!beats


AngerAverse
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:51 pm

Boppagibbz: Your comment is not appropriate and hopefully doesn't represent the kind of language a college educated person would use. Please have more respect for yourself and your child. All of the unemployed are hurting, but you could use better judgment in your choice of wording the next time you post something. Thank you.


Rob
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:58 pm

We are Not Democrats or Republicans- WE ARE AMERICANS IN NEED !!!
Bipartisan means working together, meeting half way.


Margaret
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 10:58 pm

It is shameful that these same people continually vote to send humanitarian aid to foreign countries, but are refusing to help American citizens!

If Voinovich is the key vote then we all need to send emails and call his office. If he hears from a huge number of American citizens from across the country, it might sway his vote. It is certainly worth a try!


Dane1
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:03 pm

Kuykendall you are right on target. Middle class is earning money and highly educated are stealing, just legally. If it’s by intelligence people with Nobel prices would be the reaches people, which is not the case.


KMG
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:05 pm

REALLY?? Deadbeats?? Do you have a job? Probably!! I am in nursing school fulltime and will not be done until Dec. at that point it wont matter anymore but for now with 3 kids it DOES matter!! I haven't had ANY income for 3 weeks now!! I have applied to EVERY fast food joint around….NOTHING……thats the reality in MI!!!!!!!!! So NO I am not whinning……I just need help until I am out of school!!!!!!


Dan
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:09 pm

whats funny is the states with highest unemp rate's repulican senators are voting against it. as I've said before keep doing what I'm doing email,call your senators if you don't know who they are google it


Justlookinjaw
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:12 pm

Ya I do find it kinda intresting,Me with barely a high school education and I can balance my CHECKBOOK.!!


Steve
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:16 pm

With her unemployment benefits coming to a halt, Miriam Cintron is forced to make a difficult choice between health insurance and daily expenses.

Signing into her unemployment benefits account last week, the New Yorker was horrified to see she hadn’t received any money for three weeks, she says.

What would the four-year cancer survivor do if she couldn’t afford to pay her $650 monthly COBRA payment? Her health insurance helped pay for life-saving treatment before, so giving it up is not an option, she says.

When Cintron was laid off from her job as a case worker at a homeless shelter in late 2008, she never imagined she’d go on unemployment. But even with 17 years experience, she’s been unable to land a new job.

Cintron isn’t alone. Unemployment benefits are set to run dry for 1.2 million people nationwide Friday after the U.S. Senate decided not to extend a deadline to file for these benefits last week, according to the National Employment Law Project.


John
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:17 pm

I bet ya if they add on a bill to UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BILL that would give Wall Street, Corporate America, and Banking EXECUTIVES a $million dollar bonus' THE GOP would jump out of their chairs to vote YES!!!!!!!!!!!!


Zachary
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:21 pm

Wow.. if this does not demonstrate that the foundation of our great nation the american worker has been reduced to a commodity…maybe a worker bee or a ant were a certain amount a collateral damage is acceptable as long as they achieve whatever the political agenda is which no doubt benefits big business.


Catfish8173
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:24 pm

Listen people who think the Reps are there to be friends with us.. It is so damn right to not tie any Pay -Fors to unemployent .. it has never had to be done that way EVER in history so why start now?.. all trying to get Pay Fors do is attach a clause to it.. as we are right now.. clauses block a truely senseable thing from happening.. Giving down and out americans help without any strings attached to it..its EMERGENCY SPENDING!!!… meaning its they need help .. vote .. done .. no need to pull money from here… money from there.. its clean and cut and simple … there will be a million other bills that dont have a impact on a large grp of americans now or maybe down the road that have the time to sit down and pull money from here and there that dont have the crucial time constraints like getting money to us out of work need to continue to support ourselves AND the economy. SO the Dems dont want to let a precedence get set to have any unemployement extension ever .. now or today have to worry about finding money … for if someday the people who have jobs right now down the road find themselves facing the same situations I and others are facing you dont want them to have to take time to scrounge for Pay Fors for 2 things … may be too late for you by the time they do find it and get it passed or by that time .. maybe its not there at all and it never gets passed .. meanwhile you run the risk of losing everything over them worry about saving money where they can work on doing that on many less time dependent bills.


Jgcortes
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:36 pm

It is appalling as to how far removed our Congress is to the needs of its constituents.
This is no time for politics!


JMOsais6
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:37 pm

And SHINE he would. I beleave our Goverment is to be, by the people for the people. Not by the people, for the GOP. So represent your fellow American not your fellow Republican.


AmericanGirl1776
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:39 pm

This is a disgrace.All these Senators who are against passing the Unemployment Extension WILL BE VOTED RIGHT THE HELL OUT OF OFFICE WHEN ELECTION TIME COMES AROUND!!! THEY ARE AS GOOD AS GONE RIGHT NOW!! JUST WAIT TILL THEIR LOOKING FOR OUR VOTES AGAIN TO KEEP THEIR JOBS….WE WILL ALL PISS ON 'EM!! THAT IS A FACT JACK!


unemployed
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:39 pm

OH GET OVER IT , ANGER AVERSE PEOPLE ARE HURTING WHO CARES WHAT THEY SAY. IF THEY NEED TO GET THIER FRUSTRATIONS OUT LET THEM. I DID NOT KNOW THAT COLLEGE EDUCATED PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PISSED.


Scabe1
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:42 pm

I feel a rage in the pit of my stomach I have never felt before. It is such contempt for all Washington leadership. They put us in this fix now they want to ignore us and go home for the 4th of July Holiday. I say all who have leadership coming home find out when they arrive and meet them and tell them to get their asses back to Washington and don't leave till the extension is worked out!


Joe Lopez Jr.
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:43 pm

G. Voinovich! You are spewing so much crap out of your mouth you need to lug around a portoilet everywhere you go! Not one, count them! “zero” republicans voted for the extension. You dirtbags are all conspiring a plan to bring down the house and then blame the current Administration so that you all can get-in come November. My 16 yr old daughter can see right thru that senseless strategy! keep playing your stupid checkers game with the lives of the American people you bastards!


Themark681
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:57 pm

It isn't Illegal to start a militia.
What gives another human being who is no better or worse nor any different than yourself any right to judge wether you can feed your family or not?

Nothing does.


Patriot
Comment posted June 30, 2010 @ 11:58 pm

The writing is on the wall people…..REVOLUTION IS COMING.AMERICA IS FED-UP WITH THIS BULLSHIT.THE TIME IS RIPE FOR REAL CHANGE IN THIS ONCE GREAT NATION OF OURS.THE TIME IS NOW!


Dawn
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:00 am

If there is no more unemployment extension we will likely see a huge increase in orphaned children. Their parents will commit suicide, abandon children at hospitals and churches, leave the country. All because they cannot support their family.


JohnTime1J23
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:01 am

RIOT…REVOLT…Time to take it to the STREETS.
BURN BABY BURN. No one is listening to us!


Snerd2123
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:03 am

r u kidding me? husband out of work since June 08. construction..than a major surgery ….I work but just had spine surgery a week ago and while recuperating find no money on the card yesterday…WOW, when we were already approved for an extension….rasing a grandbaby, she was potty trained last cpl days, no way are diapers more important than food….The oil spill is devastating, the weather and storms brutal, the Kagan stuff important but today for over a million people, this is more important than any of these news items…thank god there is food in my cupboard right now but for those who do not have that luxury they should vote and vote and vote again and put themselves in our shoes, for god sake please, somebody, do something!


newbalter
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:03 am

What is wrong with using part of the $787 stimulus money???? It is currently being wasted on useless projects that have not created any jobs… put it to good use… I'm on extended unemployment but I also don't want to rack up more debt that my unborn child will have to pay for..


Rwooten27
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:08 am

Cloture vote on the bill on cspan2 right now.


Kgibbs2003
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:21 am

bail out the banks but not the people. I am so tired of politics getting in the way of getting things done. We need help out here.. get off your hill and look at the situation we are having to deal with.

There are NO JOBS !! We should use the stimulas money for the unemployed people of this country.

I for one will NOT vote for a Republican or Democrat in the next elections.


Blue_strat
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:31 am

I've said it before, I'll say it again … Once again the POLITICIANS have shown their true colors. BOTH sides are equally to blame. The money has always been there for the extensions in unused stimulus funds. The Replublicans want to use it, the Democrats don’t. The Replublicans want to use the unused stimulus, so as not to add to the already out of control deficit. The Democrats don’t want to use it, because the current situation warrants emergency spending. The ironic part is why doesn’t the Republicans feel that the worst economy since The Great Depression doesn’t constitute as an emergency? And if the money is already there, why won’t the Democrats agree to use it? Regardless, where were either’s concern for the deficit when they both bailed out DELIBERATE corporate greed without a blink of the eye, yet stubbornly drag their heels (like 2 rich kids argueing over who gets the yacht club playground swing 1st) for the unemployed through no fault of their own? Amazing!!

Come on @$$holes, SPEND THE F___KING MONEY, BORROW IT, SOMETHING!! You people are worse than children. At least we can send them to their rooms!!


Blue_strat
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:38 am

Replublicans? lol, sorry people, I meant to say … Republicans. I guess I'm a little adjutated and forgot to proofread. But then again, politicians do tend to get on one's nerve. I'll try to do better next time … unlike politicians. lol


Mmmaam
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:39 am

hey your not allowed to collect unemployment while you are in school fiull time


Chaneyjosh12
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:52 am

Coinavich also lets millions of illegal aliens into the country


wendwell
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:00 am

I may lose everything, but the ability to vote. They will hear that in November


wendwell
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:03 am

Write their names down and if they have effected your lives and you money…vote. If they are playing games and not representing your family…VOTE in NOVEMBER!! Please !! They will hear that loud and clear


joblessandscared
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:08 am

EMAIL THE SENATORS GUYS! Flood those ba**stard GOP's with emails and calls until they can't stand it anymore. I really wish I knew where they were vacationing to this weekend. How can they live with themselves and sleep at night knowing what they are doing? That's what the problem is…everyone who has something is hoarding it like greedy pigs.


Vet
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:11 am

I am from Ohio. I know Voinovich will not vote for the unemployment extension. Ohio has high unemployment and has for a while. He will let the state down for sure. Voinovich if you feel the democrats are playing games, why don't the Republicans be the better party and vote for the people. Show that you are on the side of the people and just maybe come reelection whenever that is you will still have a job after the vote.


nlww
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:14 am

We have a VOICE and a VOTE!
I urge anyone reading this to send emails and call your Senators/Congressmen AND the Republican Senators blocking a stand alone Unemployment Extension Benefits Bill now! –The key Republicans blocking the Bill in the Senate that have the most influence are: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Dave Camp of Michigan, John Boehner of Ohio, Kevin Brady of Texas. The Democrat who voted NO is Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Tell all your friends and family to send emails and call these Senate Republicans and Democrats blocking this Bill to urge them to vote Yes on Wednesday to the next extension Bill and let them know that there's such as thing as – Backlash!

Let them know that their action is saying they think it’s more important to cut back on financial aide to Americans who have lost their jobs than it is to cut back on the “billions of aide” spent over 7 years to fund the War. Make it known that even if you don't have a job, you have a vote! And you will “Vote Out the Incumbents” in the Senate and Congress in November! This is bipartisan and is going to affect both Republicans Democrats without jobs!

In my opinion they're voting against American citizens and their families. It appears that our elected gov't representatives think they can play politics with our lives during this recession. We are educated and unemployed and we have a voice and a vote. This is Big and as each month passes another 1 million American voters and their families will lose their benefits. This will have a dramatic effect our economy if some sort of extension Bill doesn't get passed soon. Again, make it known that even if you don't have a job, you have a vote! And you will “Vote Out the Incumbents” in the Senate and Congress in November!


Chris
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:17 am

What are we supposed to do? Are people with degrees that cannot find jobs supposed to go work at McDonnalds? Wouldn't that take away jobs from those people that don't have degrees and cannot afford higher education? I am a union glazier in Las Vegas and have been out of work for 6 months. no work in sight, but I would gladly take a lower paying job if there were any. IMHO the immigration is a big part of this problem as well. I am not allowed to take a lower paying non union glazing job or I am kicked out of the Union or fined! What are we supposed to do?


byrd
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:21 am

I AGREE, LET'S NOT MAKE IT A LIFETIME JOB FOR THEM. VOTE ALL INCUMBENTS OUT AND THIS WILL SEND A CLEAR AND LOUD MESSAGE TO BOTH SIDES SINCE THEY ARE EQUALLY GUILTY IN THIS MATTER OF UNEMPLOYED VS. SENATORS


Jolco
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:25 am

No extension, burn in hell dirtbags, no notification, no nothing… I am really beggining to hate this country


abetom
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:25 am

Omg! I can't believe that we are not doing more to get that ONE vote to change it's mind.
Guys, we only need ONE more vote! Please think of anything, email any and everyone of the senate TO GET THAT JUST ONE VOTE!
SOO MANY PEOPLE are depending one vote! I can't believe we just can't find a way to convince ONE senator to change his mind, OMGsh!!!


byrd_2
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:29 am

vote all incumbents in November regardless of who voted for or against we new fresh minds. If you fire you driver and don't fix the engine of your car don't think that car will be mechanical trouble free. In a word, senate job should not be a lifetime appointment; people wake up do like other civilized nations does stop voting for the same greedy folks each time and secure them a lifetime career while they are never on your side to teach these corporations to treat employees better and not make us employees at will and fire us anytime it suits they need. These people work the corporations and not for the people, America since now you are starving I hope this will be a lifetime learned lesson that turnover and change is always a better move in life. things in life should not be static like the way this congress has been for the past i don't know how many. Look at Byrd dying while still employed collecting a paycheck at his age;can any of you get that? Bet NO, so wake up people and be informed and smart about your choice this time.


abetom
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:30 am

Just ONE more vote guys, and we can save millions!!

Figure out a way to get or convince an independent or one of your local Senator to support that ONE VOTE. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


SickofBS
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:41 am

You know I am getting real sick and tired of thesy MF taking their sweet as* time while millions of AMERICANS kids are starving, well I believe it is time to show these low lifes what we are about and take back our country. As someone had posted on another blog, when we are able to find another job, lets just claim as many as we can on our checks so that they do not get a dime out of us. I tell you whats going to happen to these inconsiderate idots, karma will catch them and when it does, I will pee on their graves maybe even crap as well because that is all they are worth.Let me take food out of your childrens mouth Mr. Senators, then give you 288.00 a week to feed your screwed self and your children. Or better yet why don't you come to us real Americans to tell our kids to their face why their parents cannot feed them or why all the utilities are shut off or why they are living on the streets, why don't your sorry as*se do that. I will not be voting for their sorry as*es to save my life. You keep playing games like this, you will not have to worry about war over seas because there will be a civil war. FU*K YOU very much, burn in HELL.


FED UP!
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:43 am

NO INCUMBENTS IN NOVEMBER, AND SURE AS HELL NO REPUBLICANS!! Republicans have proved time and again they'd step over an injured man lying in the street to go wax the palm of big business. I'm sick of this shit, and we have the power to stop it in November!


Windowwasher20
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:43 am

I hope all you Senators have a Great f#$king fourth of July. Me and my family wont. No money no job no insurance and soon no house. Its great to be a american. From the us senate to all americans FU…


abetom
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:45 am

Guys, right now we need to figure out ONE senator we can focus on, to change ONE Vote.
We should all throw our energies into changing that one vote. If anyone got any suggestions; Please post it on this comment section! so we can take action.

All we need is ONE more vote!!!


Myt3gguy
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:47 am

They are gone till july 12th now. Can you hold on till then? They dont care if we vote them out in Nov. They still get paid.


Pissed off!
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:48 am

How come the bill failed at 58-38… that's 96 votes total… where are the other 3 senators?!?!??!


Paddy
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:49 am

The Republicans say they want it payed for which can easily be done by a slight increase in taxes to the rich but they are rich so that will never happen. The far right is facist and the far left is socialist, I prefer to lean toward socialism if I had to make a choice. I thought Obama was a democrat but he is a repeat of Bush, just acting like another republican giving everything to the rich and crumbs to the poor. Anyone who gets so depressed that they consider suicide please take a republican senator with you even though you will be going to different places.


Psexton
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:52 am

It's not just the Senators .. Its the frikken PRESIDENT also They put us all in a bad way but the way the are running the UNITED STATES it wont be long till they are run into the ground also!!


abetom
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:54 am

Guess we need to flood them with call so they'll have a lot to deal with after vaction.


Pissed off!
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 1:55 am

I'm pissed at Reid right now too… the PUBS offered at 2 month extension…. Reid turned it down….


Paddy
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 2:08 am

I hope everyone who voted for Brown is happy. Just another heartless republican.


oufus
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 2:12 am

Canada here I come. I love this country….but crooks are running it on all sides.
Put me in a room with them one at a time……..


Brad
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 5:06 am

Are you kidding me. It doesn't matter whether one is college educated or not the message being conveyed is what is important. Rage makes one forget about being nice fuk all da republicans bastards who defended the ceo of bp the heartless bastards should be treated like the french did the royalty during the french revolution. Two Gun Greene


Mary F.
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 8:54 am

VoinoBitch sorry I ment Voinovich does not gave a Damn about the people in Ohio he is retiring. He knows he has 0 chance of being re-elected. Those of you who want to Riot please do it in Rich Neighborhoods. Do not burn your own Neighborhoods as they did in the Race Riots in the 60's. Does anybody know where in Ohio VoinoBitch lives?


ashley new
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 11:43 am

okay while you elected officials from both sides… are fighting like a bunch of ego tistical school kids… our family members are literally starving.. and there are 0 jobs. HELLO… are you serious right now??? Do you hear yourselves??? Go get unemployed so you can get a grasp on reality. How dare you leave pple hanging with NOTHING?????? While you are fighting???


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Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 12:32 pm

Are we all missing the point, the government needs to start creating jobs and doing whatever is possible to stimulate this economy. UI is just a bandage, even if extended it is only to November, there will be nothing after that. Amerians need to re-invent themselves, take whatever job you can find and work your way up the ladder again. It is obvious that the UI program will no go on forever. If it means gettimng kick out of a union for working a lower pay scale so be it, sell your home and possessions so be it. Bottom line is we have to control our own lives really cannot depend on the government.


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There's more to a bill than just the highlights. Offering a “paid for” extension seems good in black and white but what else is in the bill that would turn Democrats off? In one of these bills there was some language that would have essentially handcuffed the Congress when dealing with other spending measures. Even if the Senate stupidly passed such a bill it would never get passed by the House. So sure, it looks good on paper ie Republicans offering to help unemployed but the reality is it was never going to pass anyway.

Plus these Republicans can talk all they want about Democrats' gamesmanship but its not them calling the unemployed “lazy”, “disinterested”, or comparing people to “stray animals”.


Chuck
Comment posted July 1, 2010 @ 4:05 pm

Sorry, but this is stupid. I'd like to take a job, but I can't find one, even a crappy one.

We need unions, strong unions to protect our jobs and give workers an equal seat at the table with the bosses.


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Comment posted July 2, 2010 @ 12:31 am

If the Senate does not pass this new UE extension–this country is never going to get back on track. Pelosi-Voinovich- Reid and all the others who will vote this down—–how stupid are you. Pass this until the end of 2010 so the american people can get back on their feet again. If the Government did not out source the many, many jobs they have, we would not be out of work today! Get our jobs back in this country. Open back up our factories again, stop buying everything from damn China!!!!


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Comment posted July 2, 2010 @ 6:17 am

RAGE AGAINST THE FAKE DEMOCRATS. CONGRESS IS RULED BY REPUBLICAN SCUM THANKS TO AT LEAST SIX-TEEN WHO GOT ELECTED UNDER THE PRETENSE THEY WERE DEMOCRATS.


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Comment posted July 2, 2010 @ 6:26 am

WE HAVE TO SPEND OUR WAY OUT OF THIS RECESSION BEFORE IT BECOMES A LONG DEPRESSION. WHAT PART OF NO DOES GEORGE NOT UNDERSTAND?

GET IT THROUGH YOUR SCREWED UP REPUBLICAN HEAD GEORGE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE STIMULUS MONEY. WE ARE GOING IN DEBT AND YOUR WEALTHY BUDDIES ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. NOW GET OVER IT IDIOT GEORGE.


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Comment posted July 2, 2010 @ 6:35 am

GEORGE VOINOVICH AND HIS WEALTHY SCUM REPUBLICAN BUDDIES ARE MAD BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT EXTENSIONS BY MAKING GEORGE AND ALL HIS LOW FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES. STOP MOOCHING OFF THE TAX PAYERS GEORGE. PAY UP!


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Comment posted July 2, 2010 @ 6:41 am

DISPICABLE GAME-PLAYING GEORGE ISN'T CONCERNED ABOUT A FUTURE GENERATION. HE ISN'T EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT THIS GENERATION. GEORGE IS OUT FOR GEORGE AND HIS WEALTHY BUDDIES. HE'S A SELFISH REPUBLICAN PUKE.


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