How Do They Sleep At Night?
by digby
In a conference call with reporters today, three Democratic Senators charged Republicans with obstructionism in all aspects of public policy, particularly stopping the Senate from passing a bill that would extend unemployment to millions of Americans, at a time when 7,000 Americans a day are losing their benefits.
Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) vowed to move forward with a motion to proceed on the unemployment bill, tied up with non-germane amendments (about things like ACORN funding and E-Verify which have already been voted on in the Senate in other forms) from Republicans that “amount to a political agenda” in Stabenow’s words, as soon as tomorrow. “The votes are there to pass this bill,” said Shaheen. Stabenow said that the bill could have passed a few weeks ago. read on …
I’ve been writing about this for the past two weeks and I can’t believe it’s still going on. They just don’t give a damn about actual human beings. And neither do the village media who never seem to find room to mention this atrocity. (Maybe the Democrats could get it passed if they told the Republicans they were giving the benefit to fetuses.)
I don’t know about you, but I’ve needed extended unemployment in my life, back in the 1981 recession. When you are desperately looking for a job and you can’t find one, and then your unemployment runs out, you are on the verge of panic. It’s a very scary position to be in. And these jackass Republicans are holding up this vital lifeline over some political bullshit that even the teabaggers have long since lost interest in. Some things you just don’t screw around with in an economy like this and unemployment insurance is one of them. It’s a crime and they are going to go to hell for it.
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