STAND JIM! STAND!!!!!!!!!!!
Nevertheless he that stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.
1 Corinthians 7:37
Posted on 02/26/2010 7:31:57 PM PST by tobyhill
The Senate adjourned Friday without approving extensions of cash and health insurance benefits for the unemployed after a lone senator blocked swift passage due to his insistence that Congress first pay for the $10 billion package.
Retiring Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky, led a spirited Senate debate with Democrats over the issue -- at one time cursing at another senator on the floor. Bunning said he doesn't oppose extending the programs -- he just doesn't want to add to the deficit.
According to two Democratic aides on the Senate floor Thursday night, Bunning muttered "tough s---" as Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, criticized Bunning's stance on the package.
An aide to Merkley said the senator didn't hear the remark. A spokesman for Bunning said he was aware of the reports about the senator's language but didn't have a comment.
On Friday, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, sent Bunning a letter asking him to "stand down immediately" from his stance.
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Tough Shi-ite....what’s wrong with that!
He’s retiring ...What are they going to do to him?
It’s amazing what you can do when winning another term doesn’t compromise your principles.
No ma'am.
I don’t know if this was the hill to die on with a filibuster, though. You just know that word is going to go out in Rat country that “look what the GOP just did to your unemployment benefits.”
Tomorrow I think I’ll send Senator Boxer a letter asking her to “stand down immediately” from her position as senato0r.
The Senator has a point. He is to be commended. This stuff has to stop somewhere.
Unemployment group wants Bunning ousted from Baseball Hall of Fame
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/84005-group-wants-bunning-ousted-from-baseball-hall-of-fame
No unemployment benefits=lots of unhappy people....who will vote for “change”....and the Dems know it.
And that is the pragmatic RINO-type thinking that has led to the bankruptcy of the USA. Each little program only costs a little and by itself seems semi-reasonable. But handing out money to people beyond what they earned is at the root of the problem. "No" is the only answer that will save the system.
Can he do this weekly, until his term ends?
A Treasury auction in the not too distant future.
Bunning is the greatest American legislator in recent history. We should name elementary and secondary schools for him. It is now that we make our stand and say “ NO MORE” . no more rewarding failure. No more making loans to dead Beats!! reward SUCCESS!!! What a huge hero he is.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
If he keeps this up for several more months, does this stop all other legislation in the Senate?
I have mixed feeling. My son was unemployed for a while, but he ending up fulfilling a lifelong dream and is now on the road with a blues/punkrock band. He did part time low pay jobs until that showed up
OTOH have neighbors who won’t take any job under $18/hr have sat at home living off their unemployment benefits and parents.
Have given them tips of several jobs I’ve heard about, but they only go through the “maneuvers of hunting for work” that qualifies them for more unemployment. Won’t even help parents with gardening etc., but seem to have enough for beer and cigarettes. I’ve offered to pay them to help clear drive etc. They’re not interested.
BTW last time I went to town there were three businesses with “Hiring” signs in their windows: Dollar Store, Filling station and Grocery.
A gal I know whose employment did run out got a job at Home Depot within a week....Granted it’s not the desk job she had, and she will have to get her hands dirty.
Another friends husband whose business literally stopped, has been out doing odd jobs and working almost every day.
Until someone say OK this is it....there will be some who won’t even try.
Bunning is making a point....Maybe it will shake the few up that just want to draw.
HiTech RedNeck: “I don’t know if this was the hill to die on with a filibuster, though. You just know that word is going to go out in Rat country that “look what the GOP just did to your unemployment benefits.””
Maybe so, but how exactly are we ever going to get smaller government if we don’t stop increasing it? Just about any government cut is going to infuriate someone, and you can bet the MSM will always give the “victims” plenty of air time.
We aren’t even talking about a cut here. This is to stop an expansion of unemployment benefits unless they are paid for by a cut (or tax increase) elsewhere.
Again, where exactly do we start getting smaller government if we don’t stop increasing it?
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