Republican hypocrisy: support unemployment benefits under Bush, block them under President Obama

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November 2008 cloture vote. The bill then passed on a voice vote.

June 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain is just one of dozens of Republicans abandoning President Bush to join Democrats who want to extend unemployment payments for people whose benefits have run out.

"We have to extend the unemployment benefits," McCain said Tuesday on CNBC. "We have to .... because we all know Americans are hurting, and hurting badly."

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"We're in a pretty tough situation up North right now," said GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, where the 6.7% unemployment rate is the second highest in the country.

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"It will not only help people who have lost their jobs and been unable to find new ones, but it'll also give a boost to the economy," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said.

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[SunsetDreams]

1. K&R Two words, election year.

[ProSense]

2. Yup. n/t

[Exilednight]

3. Yep, that's why the last time this came up ...............

it passed with flying colors except for the one guy, I forget his name, who was trying to grind an ax over losing his spot on gop ticket tried to put a hold on the bill. But the last time it did come up was not about six months ago and it had tremendous rethug support. Now they are just playing politics.

[Moochy]

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