Dems Refuse Compromise on Unemployment Benefits; Go On Vacation
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, July 3, 2010, 8:06 AM
Democrats refused to compromise on unemployment legislation. They went on vacation instead.
The Washington Examiner reported:
Congress adjourns this week for the July Fourth recess without having passed a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits to 1.3 million people who started losing them this month.
Democrats have been painting Republicans as unsympathetic to the long-term unemployed who will be unable to collect benefits, but Democratic leaders have rejected several offers by the GOP to vote for the bill if at least some of it is paid for.
“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,” said Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, who offered a deal that was rejected by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Democratic leaders were quick to attack Republicans for opposing the benefits, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., calling their opposition “just cruel” and “contrary to what our country is about.”
Republicans, meanwhile, stood firm in their argument that extending benefits should not add to the deficit.
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vikingTX commented:
Good. Less congress is good congress.
Andreas K. commented:
Look at it this way: they go into vacation without messing up even more.
Robert commented:
As far as I’m concerned it’s just one group of partisan hacks fighting with another group of partisan hacks over how to spend vast sums of borrowed money to increase their own power. They argue over trinkets for the masses while the banks and unions get to reap the benefits, leaving the taxpayer to provide “full faith and credit”.
They all need to go, especially the long-termers, Democrats first (notwithstanding what I said above…)
BarbaraS commented:
And they have the nerve to call the republicans the party of no. When have the dims ever co-operated with the republicans on anything? They have demonized the republicans at every opportunity and since they have a very loud voice in the media, they have been by and large successful. They sure have inveigled the conservative dims to vote for them even though it is diatretrically the opposite to their views. They will use this in November to paint the republicans, again, as being the party who do not care about the people. Some will fall for it. These are mainly the people who prefer collecting unemployment to working. Those of us who realize we cannot keep on paying for freebies without going bankrupt won’t.
BarbaraS commented:
Yeah, some of the republicans need to go too. Especially the members of the senate Like Hatch who feel this is an exclusive club wherein the members look out for the interests of other members and not the voters who put them there. They have all been there so long they have forgotten who employes them. Of course, there are some who have worked for their constituents and for the country. I am lucky to have two, one in the senate and one in the house. The other senator from my state is an Obamarobot and votes accordingly.
shibumi commented:
BarbaraS:
Remember, when the Democrats will not compromise, they are “principled.” When the Republicans will not compromise, they are “obstructionist.”
Did you not get the memo from the media?
BarbaraS commented:
shibumi
No, I didn’t get the message but then I don’t watch these lying traitors and haven’t for years. I call them traitors because they are overturning the very fabric of what this country was meant to be. What else is this but trying to overthrow the government? I am doing my bit by never reading their newspapers and never watching them on television, never buying their products and never buying any products advertised by them.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Nancy Pelosi is an absolute menace. I truly believe she is mentally ill. Michael Savage was talking about a recently discovered link between Botox, and unhappiness. This is due to the face being poisoned, and the muscles not being able to move into a smile. She is 70, and it’s possible she might suffer from something else also, dementia maybe. Anyway, it could just be she is a lying, evil woman. She needs to be removed.
It’s time for the Republicans to come back swinging. The people in America can see the truth. Barack Hussein Obama is causing the unemployment. It is on purpose. That needs to be brought to the fore front. He doesn’t want to make conditions favorable to job creation. This needs to be shouted.
By the way did anyone catch his speech about illegal immigration. I didn’t listen, I can’t. Fingernails on a chalkboard times 1000 is a more pleasant sound to me. In his speech, he mentioned that we aren’t Americans by our “birth,” or “blood.” Interesting comment, considering, we are aware that he isn’t by birth.
Why are they letting him getting away with using the people’s house, plane, etc? Why are they letting him deal with foreign governments on behalf of America? Why are the letting him run a war for America? Why is he being allowed to bully Americans?
My husband made a comment to me this morning. He said, he is shoving the fact that he isn’t a natural born citizen in the faces of the people, and pretty much giving American’s the finger, and he is allowed to get away with it.
I can’t understand why people are remaining silent, and not arresting him, or removing him, or at least making him prove he is not natural born. If it was up to me, I would remove him, and publicly humiliate this guy, and those who enabled him, like Pelosi and the rest.
Just like their so called budget, THEY DEEMED HIM ELIGIBLE. People better start taking action with this bunch, and putting them in prison where they belong, or we won’t have a country left.
Opus #6 commented:
Yes, April, they deemed him eligible. Excellent way to put it.
jainphx commented:
50 years the left has actively worked for this moment, and so many didn’t see it, and some didn’t care. This didn’t just happen do to fate, no they worked and plotted till they had the majorities needed. Al Franken is an example of the war they fight, they get people in office by stealth and by stealing and we all now see the results. We have to fight, fight with our votes and hard work, or were lost. They change rules to get people in place, disregarding constitutions, laws, and practices and dare anyone to say or do anything about it.
Khan Krum commented:
This comes from an LA Times article on this matter (UI – unemployment):
“We have to do something about our UI extensions we need them, lets show the senate and congress we mean business, first of all lets all try to enjoy our holiday this weekend and on July 5, 2010 ALL unemployed and the employed (help us out) will rally in our own way buy NOT entering a store, purchasing gas for our vehicles, absolutely nothing we have to show congress we mean business and if non-extensions continue we will set another date. So remember please for the sake of our unemployed and suffering do not enter a store, just put it this way do not open your pocket book. so make sure you purchase what you need before July 5th, 2010 because this day is going to be a dark day for the economy worse then what it is now. please, please send this message to all your friends, family and help post it everywhere !!!!!! the unemployed needs to keep their dignity, we all worked for it. remember July 5th is black out day for the economy!!!! We need to stick together and fight this.”
We need to stick together and start using similar tactics to tell the Government that “we (the people who are being taxed to death) mean business.”
shibumi commented:
BarbaraS:
You’ve stopped feeding the media beast. Good for you!
xxx commented:
5 States are totally bankrupted. ONutzoid ran out of paper to print Ofraud currency, the world does not accept US dollars anylonger, and the media covers up the fact that the USA might go totally bankrupt by August. Meanwhile ODumby is out playing golf and telling 43 countries, no thanks I’ll let B.P. clean up the gulf oil spill.
big L commented:
Evert time Obama is on the ‘gulf-course’, it is chance that there will be a lightning strike.
And he is carrying a metal rod or a rod with metal
fightinggranny commented:
STOP feeding the beast. DIMS don’t care, you can bet there is a PORKFEST added onto this bill. Sorry guys, we’re broke. No more FREE rides. What happened to PAY GO?
thomas b. commented:
Wait. Aren’t the democrats in control of Congress?!! They can pass the bill without the Republicans. To blame the Republicans for the lack of leadership in Congress is just plain stupid. But then again, liberals aren’t the brightest bulbs in the room.
AuntieMadder commented:
On vacation again?
DO WE PAY TOO MUCH FOR TOO LITTLE?
(snip)
Where can you get a job that pays $170,000 per year and you work only 3 ½ days a week for approximately a half a year and get “Cadillac” benefits like full health care benefits at the best hospitals, free travel around the world under the guise of making a “fact finding” trip, and deals made with certain constituents that will insure a big payoff when they leave their office? Are they being paid too much for too little? Unless you are a Kool-Aid drinking “idol worshipper” – like the “Obamamaniacs” – the answer is an obvious “YES”!
http://chuckontherightside.blogspot.com/2010/06/do-we-pay-too-much-for-too-little.html
Estragon commented:
There are many billions in “stimulus” money which hasn’t been spent, but Obama needs that for his union thug buddies (the billions they’ve pocketed already were just his down payment).