Senators Who Block Unemployment Insurance Love Money for Oil and Useless Planes
posted 6th March 2010 in Economy, Legislation, Politics, Republicans by Jim
The U.S. Senators who blocked a six-month extension of unemployment insurance for jobless workers this week:
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
John Ensign (R-NV)
Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Jim Risch (R-ID)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
John Thune (R-SD)
U.S. Senators rejecting an extension of unemployment insurance who also voted for billions of dollars in subsidies for the oil industry in December of 2007:
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
John Ensign (R-NV)
Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
U.S. Senators rejecting an extension of unemployment insurance who also voted to spend billions of dollars on the construction of new C-17 transport planes that the Defense Department says it neither wants nor needs:
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Jim Risch (R-ID)
U.S. Senators rejecting an extension of unemployment insurance who also voted to spend billions of dollars on F-22 fighter planes that fall apart, don’t fly in the rain, and were designed for dogfights with the Soviet Union:
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Jim Risch (R-ID)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
John Thune (R-SD)
Tags: block, c-17, congress, extension, f-22, insurance, military, oil, senate, spending, subsidies, unemployment
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Yeah, the picture of corporatocracy! Too bad they’re leading the way to our demise and we’re all going along with the program: holding no one to account for the flagrant violations of the law, the abrogation of the Constitution, the gross misdirection and lopsided distribution of wealth, abandonment of regulations and non-inforcement of policies by our so-called “watch-dog” groups, all the way down the non-involvement of the distracted citizenry in their government.
Here’s a nice neat list of the problems with our economy for example:
http://www.ianwelsh.net/losing-35k-jobs-is-not-good-news/
Another good article: (about the controlling factors in our lives)
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/
at least it’s a bipartisan effort. wait… there are no D’s behind any of those senators names. they are not even pretending to be bipartisan. how about that. surely at least one democrat wants to see millions of americans lose their unemployment benefits. we can waste tax dollars on unnecessary cargo planes and give subsidies to the profit mongering oil industry, but, not one more red cent to those who have no income. not one democrat is going to join their republican colleagues in this endeavor. the partison gall of these democrats.
Got to see Mr. Coburn perform today. Unfortunately he like so many other republicans never answered the question. so one can only assume he would rather have children starving today rather than his granddaughter having to pay the bill. Unfortunately unless American does a reality check, his granddaughter will not have to worry about the american way of life.
So Mr. Coburn you have a new slogan. Starve the children today to make things better tommorrow. Sure The guy that ran with Palin will agree with you.
Like when a republican commits political suicide.
How can republicans block anything without some democrates voting NO also??????? I didn’t see any D’s behind those that voted against the unemployment payments??? Yet they have more seats???
The answer is that in the Senate, this particular measure passed, although the named Senate Republicans acted to block it.
More generally, Senate minorities for reasons of procedure in that body can often block legislation. When Democrats were in the minority, they often threatened to block legislation with their minority and then backed down. Now that Republicans are in the minority in the Senate, the Democrats assume that the Republicans would block legislation and rather than waiting for the Republicans to actually do so, don’t even bring up the legislation for action if they think a Republican block might occur.