Sen. Bunning Single-handedly Causes 2,000 Federal Worker Furloughs

It is about time we start saving some of our money and past time we stop getting deeper into debt that we can never pay off! It is a start…

Welcome to Republican Land. They have tried for decades to have the opportunity to prove that “Government doesn’t work” Bush immediately got us into two wars and didn’t finanance them within the Budget, and Bush, with purpose, put people in charge of departments and responsibilities they were not at all qualified for. Remember the Veterinarian for Women’s Health? Welcome to the world the Republicans developed. They won’t “play” at this stage, they’re just getting going. I wish this process would get reported. Bushworld continues on; the worst President of the U.S.

Most people on the receiving end of a Government paycheck STILL do not GET IT and keep whinin’; The fact is, there ain’t no money and the payers can’t pay any more! You gotta cut back like the rest of us who HAVE been payin’ the bills! That includes jobs!! And benefits!! Unnerstand??

Indithinker,
You need to study some economic theory. If start furloughing workers, then they will cut back on their consumption accordingly which will reduce consumption in the private sector even farther. Curtailing government spending now will just further exacerbate the recession. That is the whole point of stimulus spending. A government worker and a private sector worker both spend their paychecks in the private sector. The few paychecks, the lower consumption, the lower consumption, the more private enterprise has to reduce workforce. Its positive feedback, but in the wrong direction. Stimulus spending is the opposite. It increases the number of folks with paychecks which in turn stimulates private sector consumption.

There is something very wrong with our ability to govern ourselves when one senator can denie so many people’s livlihoods. Protecting the minority power’s interest doesn’t mean one senator should be able to shut down our government from functioning at all. Why one senator, or in the case of health care reform, one senator again can stop what the majority wants is totally undemocratic. We need to fix the senate rules.

John Horton: Did you get that spew from the dem talking ponit page? If you were in debt to the point you couldnt pay your mortgage or car payment and yo tried to borrow more money do you think you would get a loan? Do you think GM would let you keep your car or house? I think not you would be put out on the street. Bunning should get a gold medal for demanding cuts be made for actually paying for something instead of going more in debt.

..DOT programs to combat drunk driving will be put on hold!!..(does that mean a hold on those “don’t drink and drive” signs DOT plants in the grass on the side of the highways?)***** We will NEVER-EVER-EVER make the tough financial decisions we need to in order to save our country, NEVER…We are a dumber people for having been exposed to another shallow article like the one above.

SEN Bunning…..Good for you! Finally!!!! Finally someone with the strength of character to do the right thing. I applaud you Senator & will support “ANY” Republican who is like minded. Careful now, even if the candidate is a Republican, if he/she doesn’t have the will to keep down the debt & the will to eliminate this nonsense of welfare from the “womb to the tomb,” they won’t get a dime of my money for their campaign! So, pay attention…..you work for us the people. The democrats forgot who they work for and it cost them in MASS, VA & NJ. It wil obviously cost them even greater come November 2010. Anyway, careful now…..I’m “gently” reminding you of that! “CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?”

Ten billion is only a drop in the bucket these days so Bunning´s actions are somewhat hypocritical. I recall that Time Magazine had an article several years ago on the ten most effective and the ten most ineffective Senators. Mr. Bunning defintely was in the latter group. I suppose he wants to show that he can be effective in something! What a jackass.

Probably taking their lead from our elected officials, many government workers believe that they are immune from the pressures and events that impact those of us in the real world. While it is never good that anyone lose their job (temporarily or permanent), just as my company’s drive for profitability resulted in a 20% compensation reduction for and halt to 401K matching for me in 2009 and now part of 2010, why would federal employees, whom I pay, not feel the effect of a an equal drop in tax revenues caused by the general public’s un-, or underemployment? Folks in Washington talk about “hard choices” that await us common folk, but they seldom see those choices as impacting them. If ware all out of work because of policies they create, all they have to do is raise the debt limit and spend more money that we don’t have.

Where was this clown when the republicans were spending and not even bothering to add it to the budget? Once again republicans prove themselves to be hypocrites.

Where was this clown when the republicans were spending and not even bothering to add it to the budget? Once again republicans prove themselves to be hypocrites.–
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Rightbehind, what difference does it make whether he did or did not approve of Republican spending in the past? What has that got to do with THIS issue?
Do you think pay-as-you-go is wrong?

Sue, what did Bunning do that was wrong? He did not say he did not want to extend unemployment benefits. He did not say he did not want to extend COBRA assistance. He did not say he did not want to extend ANY of these.
He just said: Find the money.

HOORAY FOR JIM BUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!! as always in the liberal media they aren’t influenced by the TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! isn’t there a law that obama signed into effect REQUIRING ALL NON DESCRETIONAL SPENDING TO BE PAID FOR????????????? now the LIBERAL MEDIA would have you believe that bunning is an IRRATIONA, UNCOMPASSIONATE DOLT!!!!!!!!!!! well to be honest these people have RECEIVED 99 WEEKS[ALMOST 2 YEARS] of handouts now. almost 30 states unemployment funds are now BANKRUPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we the TAXPAYERS WILL PAY FOR THIS FOR GENERATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCREW THE LIBERAL SPENDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2000 inspectors at 41 projects???? That’s 50 inspectors per project. NO WAY. Most of these “inspectors” must be paper-pushers.
Bunning is right. We should be spending unspent stimulus funds on the jobs bill. Hooray for him – he’s doing what we must do – control the runaway federal government.

Jim Bunning for President. Finally, a senator who knows how to add and subtract. It is about time those federal workers feel the pain of the the private sector. We have been subsidizing the lavish lifestyle of these big spenders too long!
OVer 2,000 workers in the Federal DOT make over $170,000. Tell those bozos to take a pay cut. Why isn’t the media asking Harry Reid how his bill is being paid for? Why isn’t it coming from the Democrat slush fund/stimulus bill? Because they are using taxpayer money to buy votes!!
Bunning opened the eyes of the American people to the more backroom deals by these sleazy democrats.

Mary Kay, Bunning does not want to stop unemployment benefits. All he wants is Congress to say where the money is coming from.
There are funds from the stimulous bill that will pay for these extensions. All the Senate has to do is agree to use those funds instead of borrowing more money…putting us deeper into debt.
You need to address your outrage to the Democrats who will not show fiscal responsibility. If the Democrats would agree to use the stimulous funds, the benefit extension bill will be passed.

Just another worthless Govt. agency.
I should know, I worked for one for 35 years. At least 3/4 of Govt. agencies could be eliminated.

I can’t believe our president is allowing one a-hole, Senator Jim Bunning , to mess with the American people like this. ONE!!!! I have no faith in our government whatosoever anymore. I just don’t.

I can’t believe our president is allowing one a-hole, Senator Jim Bunning , to mess with the American people like this. ONE!!!! I have no faith in our government whatosoever anymore. I just don’t. posted by Sheila
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President Obama is the President of the United States…he is not the Dictator of the United States.
Are you aware that ALL Bunning is asking for is that Congress find the money to pay for these extensions. There are funds from the stimulous bill to do exactly that.
All that is necessary to get these extensions passed is for the Democrats in Congress to agree to using stimulous money to pay for them. Stimulous… remember …save/create jobs. That money has already been used to provide the benefits in this extension bill.
Instead of ranting against a Senator who is trying to stop us from borrowing more money, insist that Democrats in Congress agree to use money intended for this purpose.

There’s the problem with too many things in one bill, that are actually unrelated.
It really is time that Congress moved away from hiding unrelated things, in various bills, which have absolutely nothing to do with the main bill.

IndigoSkipper, All Bunning wants is for Congress to abide to pay-as-you-go.
There is money to pay for these extensions but the Democrats are refusing to abide to pay-as-you-go.

Whoah. Obama signed paygo legislation into law on February 13, 2010. What’s wrong with asking him to earmark money that is already allocated to extend benefits as opposed to allocating new money we don’t have?
Further confusing is spending $800B in ‘stimulus’ money to stimulate Andy Stern instead of the economy.

I vividly recall as a kid listening by transistor radio at our local neighborhood pool to Jim Bunning’s stunning perfect game with the Philadelphia Phillies. But what he has turned out to be of late as an aging, useless U.S. senator is quite pathetic. He’s an example of why I voted for most Democrats, including Obama, in the November election. The Republican Party offers no concrete alternatives. It’s a shame, though, that voters have to wait until November to see Bunning replaced.

The Republican Party offers no concrete alternatives. It’s a shame, though, that voters have to wait until November to see Bunning replaced.-posted by rsgradio
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Just what did Bunning do that has upset you about this issue?
He offered a concrete alternative here. He says “Use stimuous funds to pay for these extensions.”
Shocking!! Use funds we have to pay for what the funds where intended for.
How dare he!

You praise Bunning for what he is doing? Why isn’t he going after the banks who caused this economic debacle.
They are refusing operating capital to those who pay their bills, causing businesses to shut down. Now our gov’t has to intervene with a stimulus package, which means more gov’t spending. Where was this concern with the gov’t spending last administration? Someone has to clean up the mess. We do not need a repiublican come lately to do something about gov’t spending when it is needed. But I suppose it is alright if the GOP is doing the spending. The GOP run banks need to be taxed as heavily as they are charging for credit card rates and fees. And not be allowed to disguise their discontent with gouging the consumer. Remember China and the rest of the world knows if The USA goes broke they all do, which doesn’t bode well for them. Afterall a sovereign nation can cancel their debts. If the US can’t pay its debts and the world knows. Why would they continue to invest in the US? Why throw good money after bad? The Banks can not control all the money. If they do, you haven’t seen and thing yet.

The only thing we can do right now is “laugh and learn” about this unfortunate incident. I know I read something on Mr. Bunning back in “W”‘s administration that related the problems his Party was having with his diminished powers of thought process ability. The bigger thing to learn here, however, is the “type” of people that the Republicans push on “certain demographic areas” of our country. Those of you who are “big picture thinkers” will get what I mean.

CND FOX, I’ll ask you: What did Bunning do wrong?

Bunning is up for re-election. Get rid of him! – ITWARZ

I have an idea, Mr. Bunning. Why don’t YOU take your fat paycheck and pay the salaries of all the people you’re screwing ? You and your buddies “W” and Ernie Fletcher have all done enough damage that will take YEARS to repair. Aren’t you proud of yourself ?

tutu, what did Bunning do that was wrong?

Stanley: do you feel the same way regarding two unpaid wars which is actually what has put the economy in the position it is in, along with the unpaid tax cuts for the rich? Would you still feel the same if you were one of the federal workers unable to provide for his family? I wonder????

interesting to see the GOP completely mis-read the mood in the country at the moment… it is not anti Obama, anti-Democrat, as much as it is anti-incumbent……….- if that’s true how do you explain martha coakly loss, she wan’t an incumbant. neither her or scott brown are incumbants. if you would open your eyes, the mood is anti obama and anti democrat.

CND FOX, I am employed AND I do have a great deal of concern for others. I have friends and family who have been unemployed for months now.
I share you opinion about Bunning; I live in KY myself and think he is a disgrace to our state.
But I am not asking about anything he has done in the past. I’m asking about this specific event. He asked Congress to abide by President Obama’s own stipulation that everything has to be funded. What is wrong with that?
He didn’t say he did not want to fund these issues. He just asked that the money to fund them be identified.
We’ve used stimulous money before to pay for these things. Why won’t the Democrats in the Senate agree to use stimulous money to pay for these extensions?
Save/create jobs is what the stimulous bill was all about…right? So why the outrage against Bunning for asking that stimulous money be used now.
As for your comments about ‘old goats’ in Congress…check the ages of a few Democrats.

Yes! Yes! Let’s put even more people out of work so ONE MAN make some kind of a stupid point! People all over this country are very afraid they will be out on the street soon. And the government is their last hope. Thanks for caring Mr.Bunning. I’m sure you will be remembered come election day.

B3matic, Bunning isn’t running for re-election.

Malcat – “He asked Congress to abide by President Obama’s own stipulation that everything has to be funded. What is wrong with that?” You’re kidding, right? After BILLIONS on wars, pill bills, deficits out the ying yang, bail-outs . . .etc’s too much to mention? You honestly think in the middle of a massive recession it’s kewl to mess with the only thing keeping people from foreclosing (which more hurts you) and eating? It’s just o.k. to play politics with those you hurt to begin with? BTW, there’s been entirely more pay go with this guy than Bush. This is all games.

malcat …please insert “not” in the sentence of “..people do NOT have money spend”…I posted too fast.

When the Democrats are doing stuff like trying to ram through health care legislation via ununusual methods, is it unexpected that a Republican would gum up the works this way?
I suspect that if the Democrats drop health care via ‘reconciliation’, things like the highway funding will magically go through without anyone blocking it.
This is what happens when BOTH sides are more interested in partisan politics than doing work.

Bravo! Finally, someone with some intelligence! Still, Americans would rather squander their children’s energy future and planetary future(global warming) than turn off the 100′s of millions of lights that burn unnecessarily every day and night. Overlighting, overheating, overcooling, OVERDRIVING; we are irresponsible and ungrateful hedonists.

malcat…I am obviously “hurrying too much”. Please insert NOT in front of “insulting”.

I’ve heard from several people who have met him that Bunning is not all there mentally. This proves it.

Has anyone ever seen a government road crew with one guy in the ditch digging and 5 guys standing around the hole watching? The government should get their act together. The only place where jobs have been created are in government.

Do these idiots think? If they stop Unemployment, those eeking by will not only go into foreclosure and worse, they will stop spending their meager checks, which affects every business that depends on that business to stay alive. Grocery stores, gas stations, discount stores, etc. Hey, let’s just stop all commerce and see what happens! Hello Herbert Hoover!

IndigoSkipper, Jim Bunning is an embarrassment to Kentucky. Ranting about missing a ballgame for pete’s sake!
But, he did reach across the aisle to find the funding. It’s right where it’s been since the stimulous bill was implemented.
The Democrats said no. Bunning was following the rules laid down by President Obama for pay-as-you-go. The Democrats didn’t want to do that.
I don’t like what Bunning did, but I consider it hypocritical to put all the blame on Bunning. Every senator knew or should have known these extensions were about to expire. Every senator should have been present and ready to make sure they didn’t.

CND FOX, I agree completely about unemployment being a critical issue to resolve. I also believe it is right to use stimulous money to extend unemployment benefits and COBRA assistance to those suffering because of this vile economy. Who else is more deserving!
I’m thankful that I still have a job, even with the paycuts and other cutbacks by my employer.
I just have a problem with the unfairness of blaming ‘just’ Bunning. This was a perfect opportunity for some true bi-partisanship and the Senate failed the test.
I mean the Democrats wanted these benefit extensions, but they refused to accept Bunning’s request to use money the government already has set aside.
Our Congress is totally dysfunctional because of bull-headedness and political games from both parties.
We may not totally agree, but I have appreciated the chance to discuss the issue. I find that I can learn so much from people with whom I agree and even more from people with whom I don’t agree.

malcat commented on ‘Sen. Bunning Single-handedly Causes 2,000 Federal Worker Furloughs’
Today, March 01, 2010, 2 hours ago | malcat
” If you want to stop some spending do it to those who can afford to take the hit and at the right time where the cuts are fair and just.” John Stephenson
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SecondLook, he didn’t want to stop the spending. He wanted the Senate to use existing funds to cover these extensions. Spend existing funds instead of borrowing.
You have criticized the Republicans in general and President Bush specifically for spending money that had to be borrowed.
So now that Senator Bunning says to abide by pay-as-you-go, liberals and Democrats are calling for his ‘impeachment’.
Sounds hypocritical to me.
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Wrong. Hypocritical is not giving a squat about a deficit until you decide to make it some talking point to get the power back. Hypcritical is cutting off unemployment during the nastiest recession in my life time when there are other things you could cut, and after your party has the two top porkers of this session. I hate this deficit too mal. Only I get right now it’s the only thing going for our economy. And I especially get that hundreds of thousands are out of work thru no fault of their own and if we cut them off they foreclose, etc. Besides, they kept extending them under Reagan like this. Look it up. I bet Bunning was in on that one. I bet all of your boys were. But NOW they care. My arse. It’s ALL games and pathetic that they use the little people to play them.

malcat…I have never stopped trying to learn and even though you and I may disagree – sometimes only from a technicality standpoint – it is not the two of us that we need to worry about or get upset with. It is; however, the people that don’t understand “anything” outside “propaganda soundbites” and “their own constricted little world”. They are the ones who are being “focused on” by pundits, extremists and politicians without a conscience. I have never seen politics so divisive and pathetic in my life, as what we are witnessing today.

Malcat,
My point is that people seem to be skirting the issues, hiding their misdeeds and passing the blame. The policies we are undergoing now, are due to banking policy. It is like dominoes. Look the benefits are needed to spur spending, but things are being done to circumvent the stimulus. If the stimulus is promoting spending which we need to start jump the economy, why are the banking policies not being addressed? Afterall banking policies started the mess. The banking policies are preventing the stimulus from doing its job. money has to be poured into the economy. Who best at doing this then those who most of the spending. But banking policy is taking the money out of the system faster than the stimulus program is putting it in. Personally when I went to close out my credit card accounts so as not to be gouged due to the banks posturing to protect themselves. They said not to woory it won’t effect you. Now the money that i got from the stimulus program has to go to the credit card companies instead of putting it back into the economy. The banks are not putting the money into the economy, they are doing other things taking it out. But Bunning is preventing money from entering the economy. Aftreall no money to spend limits the spending power of the masses causing the economy to what it is doing. No demand no supply no jobs. ADDRESS THE ISSUES PERTINENT to fixing the economy. If Bunning is so concern about spending where was he when we needed him last adminstration? If he was as diligent then as he is now it might have helped. Afterall what is bad to do sometimes is what you need to do othertimes. Afterall according to American history, Alexander Hamilton said,”The national debt is what is going to make this nation great.” He built this nation using the national debt. Adam Smith says the free market economy will take care of itself if left alone. It seems the banks won’t do it, neither will GOP policies. This is from a devout republican.

Bunning is a reminder of what republicans have done in the past on unemployment benefits. They don’t give a rats behind about people out of work. i’m sure Bunning has some big money projects that he makes sure gets through for his state though. GOP= Greedy Old Party

Jackie Flynn wrote: “This senator deserves a medal for having the guts to force Congress to find the money before spending it. As a taxpayer I resent being in hock to communist China.”
So you find it ok that he supported tax breaks for the wealthy, 2 unfunded wars, and unfunded Medicare prescriptions that he knew would cause trillions in deficits – including so much borrowing from China we now pay them $100,000,000 a day in interest, but not ok to allow 1.2 million American Middle Class and Poor families to avoid destitution for $10B – an amount equal to what we pay to China every 100 days for just a small fraction of the previous debt Bunning approved?
And while this bill is called a “Dem” bill, note that it also has the support of the GOP.
Bunning is absolute garbage.

Patman, thanks for the response. I understand what you were talking about.
I agree banks and other financial institutions are out of control and are destroying our economy and threatening the very survival of our nation.
I don’t think the President or any member of Congress is sufficiently committed to doing something about the problems caused by these banks, etc. President Obama started out tough, but he seems to have backed away lately. That bothers me.
But back to Bunning. It seems that whenever a Republican tries to do something good…keep down the deficit, abide by pay-as-you-go, that folks like you bring up what he/she did in the past. And I don’t understand that.
For example, say a driver is caught speeding. He gets a ticket. Now the next week he drives down the same highway and is observed by the same cop who gave him a ticket. But he’s not speeding…he doesn’t want another ticket. Should the cop pull him over and bash him for the speeding ticket he got last week? Of course not.
People grow and learn from both successes and failures. Now I’m not saying Bunning has changed his ways; probably hasn’t from what I know of him. But folks like you don’t even give him the benefit of doubt. Instead of being happy he has followed the rules, you just keep on droning about his past offenses. Doing the right thing now doesn’t erase his past screw-ups by any means, but his past screw-ups should not be used to bash him now.
I’m thrilled when a politician does something right (shocked as well)..even if it’s the only right thing he/she has ever done. I’m still ticked at them for their past screw-ups…but that doesn’t mean they can never do a good thing.

So I get how angry Democrats are at Republicans but here’s the ultimate question: Why have these two very different issues been tied up in the same bill and why are people OK with that? Thats a sure fire way to get pork through.

Good grief…what makes our country great is because we have the best infrastructure in the world for a country our size. Bunning is impeding, let alone letting Americans starve.

dot workers laid off, what a shame. ever hear about the DOT worker who smashed a turtle crossing the road with the shovel he was leaning on? the co worker said “why did you do that” he said”that sob ‘s been following us all day.

Bunning SHOULD BE commended. He is demanding that Congress quit with the unfunded mandate attitudes. They make it sound like we’re in debt to China? I have news for you, as long as their is FIAT money in play – we’re all in a HASBRO game of Monopoly – DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200. Once upon a time, Ben Franklin and others got us away from the European Banking Cartel and into our own FREE currency state .. THEN, we “were” free. The nonsense you read in this Article is the result of Politicians selling our Freedom back to the Banking Cartel – who loan us our own money, at interest. What are you gonna do once the North American Union dissolves the Constitution? You seriously think most of these comments are on point with reality ???? How about all of you go do some homework before you post…..

Just read another article about Bunning…being his usual foul self.
But when he reached the Senate floor, he explained his reason for holding up the bill. Here it is:
“I support extending unemployment benefits, cobra benefits, flood insurance, highway bill fix, doc fix, small business loans, distant network television for satellite viewers. If we can’t find $10 billion to pay for something that we all support, we will never pay for anything on the floor of this U.S. Senate,” he said.
Sounds like a logical premise for me…just wish it could have been settled Thursday!

Good!
That is the new American way. If I don’t get paid from it why care? And if a tax doesn’t affect me…why care? That is the attitude instilled by all the previous spending and taxing decisions before. Why is it so different now?

How do old stupid idiots get elected to the Congress? Geeze I hope I get lucky when I am an old senile geezer like Bunning The Heartless Wonder. Then I can run for Congress when I turn 90!. This guy should hide his face in shame.

Isn’t it interesting how this guy has no problem approving funds for the iraq and afganistan wars,(billions),and he does care where that money is coming from, but try to pass an extension for unemployment benefits,(millions), ans WHAM!!,we must find a way to pay for this?? Why is it when it comes to making someone fat and rich no problem, we got the money!! But when it comes to helping out a regular person to keep food on their table,NO SALE WE CAN’T DO THAT!!!What in the hell is going on in this country????????????

Rightbehind…
It is about time we start saving some of our money and past time we stop getting deeper into debt that we can never pay off! It is a start…
Well, we would have the money if your old boy – GW Bush did not start a baseless war. Just remember that. Also, Clinton left office with a SURPLUS. Yes economies have cycles, but had you boy had 1/4th of a brain we would not be in this debt.

Justme8811 – Cut the Bull. Where were you for the last 8 years you HYPOCRITES?

Have you ever watched a road or highway being built? One man working and 4 men watching him!

Where do they get these so-called “journalists” Who? What? When? Where? Why?
The most important fact was left out of the story….the WHY he did this.
Congress is operating under Pay/GO. They can’t pass bills to pay for something unless they cut other spending to compensate. This bill didn’t cut any comparable spending so, according to Obama’s wishes for Pay/Go, it couldn’t be passed.
You’d think an impartial journalist would have pointed that out.

Why was there no mention in this story of the recently passed PAYGO BILL?

There is PLENTY of “Stimulus” money that is not going to be spent on a project until beyond 2012 … If the Dem’s need time to figure out where the Highway funds are going to come from then use that money.
They JUST passed the “pay as you go” bill and wanted adulation for that one and NOW they also want an exemption from it on the first “crisis”.
Along the same lines you or I would be in jail for what Rangel did … but because his “transgressions” did not affect the “security of the nation” he gets a pass.
COME ON PEOPLE!

Time someone said stop spending money we do not have.Where is the Pay Go system the Democrats touted and Obama praised last week? All the Senator did was stand up for the Tax Payers,and the Pay Go Bill just past.

This guy really gets under my skin. I’m living in a state of over 15% unemployment and 30% of that is in the area I live SE Michigan. I’ve been out of work since October. Sending resumes, writing letters, networking and doing everything I can to find a job in my field. I’ve sent resumes all over this fine country. With 10 years experience you’d think someone would hire me. I’m not sitting on my butt like some of you are saying. 2 interviews in that amount of time and no call backs. Why because they are getting hundreds if not thousands of applicants. WE NEED WORK. Until that happens I need something to feed my 3 year old and keep the roof over our heads. It took my wife 2 months just to get an interview at Old Navy to help out until things work out for me. This man and that party are the bane of many honest Americans. Why can’t they help “We the people” and not “We the warmongering corporate shilling poor mortgage lending practice enforcing jerks that got us into this mess” kind of people? Because he’s got money coming in for the rest of his life and he’s got medical for the rest of his life that’s why.

Interestingly the problem is: congress is not follow normal procedure for this bill. Why didn’t congress send the bill through in time and correctly, this deadline didn’t just happen. Bunning is taking the blunt for congress one again being not getting things done on time and correctly. He is just calling their hand and the Dems are making him look like the bad guy when they are the ones who did not get it done!

I just wonder if all the people against reconciliation object to the fact that one Senator can create so much havoc, and hurt so many people in the process.
2,000 federal workers were furloughed, and untold numbers of people who’ve been unemployed for at least a year got shafted to prove some point. Not to mention that projects that provide work were interrupted.
I am glad that his proposal went down to defeat, and that the jobs bill passed with overwhelming support. When I read comments about how “courageous” Bunning was, it’s worth remembering that it cost him nothing, but others plenty. Where is the courage in kicking people who are already down?