13 Republican Senators Hate the Unemployed!

[rdobbs2010]

That's right, here we go again. If it wasn't enough for Senator Jon Kyl and Senator Mitch McConnell to thumb their noses on the unemployed, we now see 13 total U.S. Senators who really are out of touch with America!

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That's right, here we go again. If it wasn't enough for Senator Jon Kyl and Senator Mitch McConnell to thumb their noses on the unemployed, we now see 13 total U.S. Senators who really are out of touch with America!

On Tuesday, October 27th, the U.S. Senate approved a motion to move forward on their bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits (H.R. 3548). The bill under discussion would extend benefits for people who have exhausted them by 14 weeks in all states and by an additional 6 percent in states with unemployment rates above 8.5 percent.

However, 13 Republican Senators voted against the cloture vote to move the process forward to pass H.R. 3548, which has sat in the U.S. Senate since September 22. This action by these Republicans replicates the stalling tactics utilized initially by Senator Jon Kyl (R) AZ. So apparently these Senators would rather make the MILLIONS of Americans wait for the extension of benefits while they attempt to add additional amendments to the bill.

Here are the unemployment rates in the states from which those 13 Senators are from with the state level of official unemployment (U3) in brackets. "Official" means the actual numbers are considerably higher.

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%>


All I can say is these U.S. Senators need to hear from everyone in America on this important bill, which will go a a full vote by next Tuesday. Maybe the Senators up for reelection should think of those unemployed because they do vote!

Robert Dobbs for Congress, SC-01
www.electdobbs.com

[zbdent]

1. no big surprise, all but one (Hatch) were also for

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