Friday, November 19, 2010

Missouri Republicans Vote To Block Unemployment Extensions

As reported by FiredUp, Missouri Republican Congressmen Blunt, Akin, Emerson, Graves, and Luetkemeyer all voted against extending unemployment benefits at a time when unemployment is near 10%. So did John Shimkus in Illinois.

Charles Jaco of KTVI had a nice report showing one of the 40,000+ Missourians affected by this absurd and heartless political posturing:



Note to people who want to post angry comments without bothering to know what they're talking about: this is a vote that required a 2/3rds majority. So yes, Republicans blocked it. Try reading next time.

6 comments:

  1. What else would you expect from Republicans?
    Self centered,egotistical SOBs.Only for the rich.

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  2. Didn't anyone know that GOP stands for "Greedy Old Policitians"? I used a nice word for the "P" part so I wouldn't get censored.

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  3. I don't remember ANY of these politicians mentioning cutting unemployment when they were all over the state talking about Jobs. Shame on them!

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  4. We can spend 20 million for a facility in Bellfountain but we can't continue to help our unemployed. Spend the 20 million to create jobs before you cut there benefits. I think you'll find most of them would be happy to work if there were any jobs for them.

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  5. The GOP doesn't have a majority in this lame duck session. Must have been some Democrats voting against it also. You think?

    Look for more posturing to illuminate those evil Republicans.

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  6. Actually, it was a procedural vote that required a 2/3s majority, so yes, Republicans definitely blocked the legislation: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/18/unemployment-extension-de_n_785566.html .

    Next time, perhaps you could try reading before making sarcastic comments?

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