Comments on: Democratic Senators Urge Swift Passage Of Unemployment Benefits Extension http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/ South Carolina News | Local South Carolina News | South Carolina Online News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:07:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-10/#comment-1081 David Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:36:28 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-1081 I have been out of work for over a year. I have gone through all the extentions and now have nothing. If my wife loses her job we're done. We have already let our house go and filed for bankruptcey but we still need help. We still eat, have rent payments, electric, phone and clothes needs. I don't know what else I can give up. If those Senators only had a clue or if one of their kids needed this it would be done in a flash.....Hey maybe we should put them out next election and let them feel some pain...Oh wait...they keep getting paid don't they? I have been out of work for over a year. I have gone through all the extentions and now have nothing. If my wife loses her job we’re done. We have already let our house go and filed for bankruptcey but we still need help. We still eat, have rent payments, electric, phone and clothes needs. I don’t know what else I can give up. If those Senators only had a clue or if one of their kids needed this it would be done in a flash…..Hey maybe we should put them out next election and let them feel some pain…Oh wait…they keep getting paid don’t they?

]]> By: labsandflies http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-10/#comment-1011 labsandflies Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:17:43 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-1011 On Unemployment Extensions of Benefits, the Senate passed a cloture vote, 87-13 last night. Here are the Republicans who voted against cloture. with their state's official (U3) unemployment rates in brackets: Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) [6.8%] Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) [9.5%] Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) [10.9%] Sen. Thomas Coburn (R-OK) [6.7%] Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) [8.2%] Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) [11.6%] Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY) [6.8%] Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) [11.6%] Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) [6.2%] Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)[6.7%] Sen. Jefferson Sessions (R-AL) [10.7%] Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) [7.4%] Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) [9.2%] If you live in their states, you can perhaps make them unemployed. On Unemployment Extensions of Benefits, the Senate passed a cloture vote, 87-13 last night. Here are the Republicans who voted against cloture. with their state’s official (U3) unemployment rates in brackets:

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) [6.8%]
Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) [9.5%]
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) [10.9%]
Sen. Thomas Coburn (R-OK) [6.7%]
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) [8.2%]
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) [11.6%]
Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY) [6.8%]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) [11.6%]
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) [6.2%]
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)[6.7%]
Sen. Jefferson Sessions (R-AL) [10.7%]
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) [7.4%]
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) [9.2%]

If you live in their states, you can perhaps make them unemployed.

]]> By: gina http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-9/#comment-1006 gina Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:18:12 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-1006 The senate passed it Today.what do they have to do now? The senate passed it Today.what do they have to do now?

]]> By: gina http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-9/#comment-1005 gina Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:17:03 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-1005 They passed it Today The senate!!!! what happens now? They passed it Today The senate!!!! what happens now?

]]> By: William J. Bradley http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-9/#comment-1004 William J. Bradley Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:58:11 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-1004 Need billions to sent our kids off to Arabia to be shot? .........no problem. Need afordable health care? ...too expensive, need unemployment insurance?.......no can do. All the Glen Beck's and Sean Hannitys and Rush Limbaughs in the world will not be able to hide what the Republican Party has become. We are not as stupid as you think we are. Wait till 2010. Need billions to sent our kids off to Arabia to be shot? ………no problem. Need afordable health care? …too expensive, need unemployment insurance?…….no can do. All the Glen Beck’s and Sean Hannitys and Rush Limbaughs in the world will not be able to hide what the Republican Party has become. We are not as stupid as you think we are. Wait till 2010.

]]> By: hugh in nashville http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-9/#comment-1001 hugh in nashville Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:10:47 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-1001 every time a republican gets in office i lose my job and the economy goes in the toilet bush did more damage to this country than any president in history wake up america just anouther beat down from the republicans when is it going to stop every time a republican gets in office i lose my job and the economy goes in the toilet bush did more damage to this country than any president in history wake up america just anouther beat down from the republicans when is it going to stop

]]> By: Mike in Chicago http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-9/#comment-977 Mike in Chicago Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:14:08 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-977 It figures that the Republicans are holding this up while people are getting kicked out their homes and left for dead! It must be nice to have family money to back you up! What a bunch of jerks! It figures that the Republicans are holding this up while people are getting kicked out their homes and left for dead! It must be nice to have family money to back you up! What a bunch of jerks!

]]> By: Eddie http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-9/#comment-966 Eddie Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:11:54 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-966 These hardworking bums didn't even convine until 2:00pm. A whole four hours later they were gone. No votes did nothing, yet they wait on this. You talk about a waste of money! Hey Obama, have your pay Tzar cut these bums pay by 90%. These hardworking bums didn’t even convine until 2:00pm. A whole four hours later they were gone. No votes did nothing, yet they wait on this. You talk about a waste of money! Hey Obama, have your pay Tzar cut these bums pay by 90%.

]]> By: Jim http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-9/#comment-956 Jim Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:33:06 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-956 I encourage everyone to go the site listed by Gary and sign the petition. I did, and I hope that all of you will follow his lead. I wish you could have read the scathing comment I left for our politicians when I submitted mine. It's time we took back this country and put it in the hands of the people that made it great, the working man whose blood, sweat, and tears built America. I doubt that a single congressman or senator picked up a shovel or pick or any tool and worked with it to the point of pukeing in the sweltering heat, and (I'm not talking about John McCain who was forced to do so under duress) did it willingly so he could feed his family. I am sure that most of them couldn't walk a day in our shoes if their lives depended on it. We're talking millions (as high as 15 million) of people losing everything. Have you ever seen an angry, hungry, oppressed, unrepresented downhearted, and just plain fed up mob? Just read your history and you see what I mean. They aren't around anymore. Congress needs to pass this bill without anything attached to it. It our lives they are dealing with. If they want a bunch of pork, let them go down to their local butcher and buy what they want. I fed up and mad, and reside in one of the states with highest unemployment (SC, whose govenor went to Brazil in an elict affair) and things are not getting any better. I have worked since I was 13. I'm 50 now and I can't even get the same job I had when I started working all those years ago. The madness has to end and soon!!!! I encourage everyone to go the site listed by Gary and sign the petition. I did, and I hope that all of you will follow his lead. I wish you could have read the scathing comment I left for our politicians when I submitted mine. It’s time we took back this country and put it in the hands of the people that made it great, the working man whose blood, sweat, and tears built America. I doubt that a single congressman or senator picked up a shovel or pick or any tool and worked with it to the point of pukeing in the sweltering heat, and (I’m not talking about John McCain who was forced to do so under duress) did it willingly so he could feed his family. I am sure that most of them couldn’t walk a day in our shoes if their lives depended on it. We’re talking millions (as high as 15 million) of people losing everything. Have you ever seen an angry, hungry, oppressed, unrepresented downhearted, and just plain fed up mob? Just read your history and you see what I mean. They aren’t around anymore. Congress needs to pass this bill without anything attached to it. It our lives they are dealing with. If they want a bunch of pork, let them go down to their local butcher and buy what they want. I fed up and mad, and reside in one of the states with highest unemployment (SC, whose govenor went to Brazil in an elict affair) and things are not getting any better. I have worked since I was 13. I’m 50 now and I can’t even get the same job I had when I started working all those years ago. The madness has to end and soon!!!!

]]> By: jeff fuller http://news.sc/2009/10/23/democratic-senators-urge-swift-passage-of-unemployment-benefits-extension/comment-page-9/#comment-955 jeff fuller Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:37:32 +0000 http://news.sc/?p=4024#comment-955 All of us need to call or write to our senators now and tell them that we will work tirelessly for their opponents in the next election, I live in Georgia where our Senator Johnny Isakson a Republican put an amendment to slow or stop the extension from coming through so everybody who reads this can send him an email, his address is  isakson.senate.gov   phone #202-224-3643    fax# 202-228-0724.   lets all tell him what we think of him. He's a real piece of work. All of us need to call or write to our senators now and tell them that we will work tirelessly for their opponents in the next election, I live in Georgia where our Senator Johnny Isakson a Republican put an amendment to slow or stop the extension from coming through so everybody who reads this can send him an email, his address is  isakson.senate.gov   phone #202-224-3643    fax# 202-228-0724.   lets all tell him what we think of him. He’s a real piece of work.

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