What say you?
I say good for Republicans. Drag feet, stall, delay, and do anything possible to hold up Congress until the next round of elections.
All Republicans should do so, and be proud of it, and shout it from the rooftops.
The Left is counting on Republicans to duck their head and say, "I feel bad about what I did, I know some unemployed people really suffered because of it, and I just feel awful."
Sounds like standard operating procedure.
I say you are correct.
A trap was set to make some republican look bad.
The democrats sought a unanimous consent vote, not a straight vote. If it weren’t a unanimous consent vote, Bunning wouldn’t be able to block this.
So why isn’t anyone asking why the democrats don’t put this up to a straight vote? Because if it passes, it would violate Paygo, as you mentioned.
Just now figuring this out?
It’s been SOP for sixty+ years.
Hammer meet nail....
I don’t think most people know that his stand is based on Pay-Go. In fact, I don’t even remember hearing about the legislation being passed and I’m pretty tuned in.
This needs to be publicized to demonstrate what hypocrites Dems are! Where is the GOP?
I hope that this helps in any way possible.
Adios for today.
Bunning was defending his stand on the Sennate floor this morning and he yeilded to Dingy Harry - Nasty Harry basically said - Sen. Bunning you did not vote for the PayGo bill why are you concerned about it now? What an A$$ Harry is!
Ahhh Harry? Is not PayGo the law?
What bothers me the most about these continual extensions of unemployment bennies is that they act like a pacifier allowing Obozo and the dems to continue the destruction of private sector jobs by placating the masses with a check for doing nothing.
As bad as unemployment is, I fail to see angry unemployed taking to the streets and demanding this administration actually DO something about jobs.
The longer people get their check for staying home, the more dependent and comfortable they become with a government payoff for sitting on their butts.
Mind you, the people would rather have work and the ability to make their own way.
That is not happening by design and will continue until the Chinese and the printing presses are no longer possible...or until Obozo leaves out the back door, past the trash bags of the WH.
I’m getting queasy about this. Bunning may be resoundingly right, but he’s also handing a gift-wrapped propaganda victory to the Rats.
The timing is even worse. The GOP leadership beat the pants off Obozo less than a week ago at the health care summit. Even the sycophantic MSM had to admit it.
You think by now the entire GOP would be wise to the fact that the presstitutes will paint their every action in the worst possible light.
Unfair? Of course. But that’s the war we’re fighting. The good news — such as it is — is that the Rat-MSM playbook doesn’t change much. So there’s room to maneuver around their ambushes. Bunning should have learned this years ago.