Reply #80: Almost all of these Repubs HAVE voted against this in the past [View All]

[Edwards4President]

Bond, DeWine, Dole, McCain, Murkowski, Smith, Talent and Voinovich ALL voted against extension of unemployment benefits last year. They only went along this time because the Republican leadership did a head count and were certain that, if they all voted yes, it would lose by two votes, and they could not only blame Edwards and Kerry but, knowing how gullible we sometimes are, also get Democrats to blame them for benefits not being extended.

As I said, if there was any possibility of this measure passing, these Republicans would have not have been allowed to vote yes.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00269