Waiting Game on Byrd Replacement to End This Weekend

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HOW SAD IS IT AMERICA? When American Families have to wait for a replacement for SEN. BYRD. That shows Americans how the Republicans do not care about American Families! But yet when it was time to vote on putting more money in a fund per barrel of oil, for emergencies such as the gulf oil spill.
They VOTED NO! Now who do they care about America? ( BIG BUSINESS)
Not everyday American Families! They do not want to bite the hand that feeds them. ( ONCE AGAIN BIG BUSINESS)
Republicans have become the party of selfishness!
WRITE THEM> CALL THEM> E-MAIL THEM
Remind them American Families are in dire need of extensions of unemployment! And they need to spend their time helping American Families,rather then their BIG BUSINESS INTERESTS!
AMERICANS HELP AMERICANS SENATORS
(NOT THEMSELVES)

We don't care how long it's taken for previous governors to appoint replacements for previous senators, as this is a unique and desperate situation: We are knee deep in one of worst recessions, in decades and over 2.2 million previously employed and hard-working Americans have been without their badly needed benefits, going on a 45 days, now! I've already lost my apartment and just exhausted the money I need to be food and put gas in my car to drive to job interviews. THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL!! STOP DRAGGING YOUR FEET, AS IF EVERYTHING IS NORMAL AND GET THE LEAD OUT, SEN MANCHIN!!

Read between the lines of what this guy is saying. “in a perfect world” we all know there is no such thing as a perfect world, so agin the liar is playing with us. So that on Thursday he can come up with another excuse. and will say, “as I stated in a perfect world, but unfortunatley there is no perfect world. If this guy gets in the country is in even more trouble than it is now. If he was sincere he would have said, I will appoint someone no earlier than Friday and no later than Sunday. I am sure Reid know this too and then will have someone else to blame when they don't pass this bill before their MONTH vacation, instead of trying to pass it this week.

you mentioned above there were other Gov. who did the same thing, but was there as much at stake as with this appointment. And he should note that is a Republican that the people of MA voted for, and Dems were sure they had that seat. Watch out Manchin. sometimes it pays to act quickly and decisively.

I am in disbelief that I as an American who has been employed since the age of nineteen, paid taxes, been laid off and been on unemployment for six months has to deal with the childish tit for tat behavior that congress are displaying at this time. I am 31 one years old and just disgusted with my country, I grew up in Europe and I tell you the government takes care of their people. Where do the people who are not affected ( those who are employed and these republicans ) get the notion that people on unemployment are lazy waiting for a hand out. You have executives, VP's, City workers etc… who have been with their companies for years and were affected by the economy now waiting in the unemployment lines. We spend billions on a war that should have never been, and the government doesn't want to extend unemployment. What are they trying to start? a war in their country. At this point all I do is shake my head and pray to God to touch the hearts of these ” Jerks ” in congress. THIS IS TOO MUCH!!!

The “in a perfect world” caught my attention as well. Definately made the hair stand up on the back of my neck.

Byrd's been on his death bed for years…and only NOW is it that WV governor is THINKING about a replacement…??? And he needs over 3 weeks (since Byrd's death) and till next SUNDAY to make a decision…??? WV needs to 'can' this guy who is incapable of making SWIFT and decisive decisions.

[...] Previous reports indicated Manchin would not announce until as late as Sunday. This basically guarantees Byrd’s replacement will be in office next week, meaning the Senate can again take up the long-stalled unemployment benefits extension with the replacement being a likely 60th vote. [...]

Received email from his wife saying he will appoint Friday at 5PM

Hello Nat: I live in IL and just lost my UI after 26 weeks, while unemployed friends are still getting benefits. Howzat for odd? I, too, lived in Europe, and I'll tell you, we are the LAUGHINGSTOCK of the civilized world for our fear of “socialized” medicine. Why is it that Congress members rail against it but receive it? If I was like a federal elected official and got my previous salary after being laid off last September, yeah, I'd be on easy street, but I'm in a country that doesn't believe in helping the common man or woman any more. I've done everything “right” in my life: college, working, paying taxes, and this is what I get? We've already taken the tax hit and dissolved my retirement savings that took 17 years to build up, just so we can get our bills paid. Got laid off in Sept. after 7 years with a company, and we even moved for my job too, because I was promised by the President of the company that I'd “have a job for as long as I wanted.” Sounds like bovine excrement to me, what about you? We drained our savings to update our house in case we have to sell it, and I had to borrow money from my parents (that's a great feeling when you're 40) to cover my bills. Yep, this sure is the greatest country in the world, where someone in IL can be cut off from UI after 26 weeks and the governor can give his pals 20% pay raises. Love it, love it, love it.