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Subscribe to RSSSenate Democrats renewed their efforts Tuesday to pass a portion of President Obama's jobs bill that would provide $35billion to states to retain and rehire teachers, firefighters, police and first responders.
A group of Democratic senators were joined at a press conference at the Capitol by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten to press for Senate passage of the bill that they say would save or create 400,000 jobs.
Weingarten was passionate about the dire straits facing schools that have fallen on hard times.
"The bottom is falling out on budgets all across the country," she said.
She added: "I've been all across the country since September, since August. When we say that there are 300,000 fewer educators since 2008, you see this in school districts throughout the country ... I've seen it with my own eyes throughout the country"
New York Sen. Charles Schumer (D) rejected Republican leader Mitch McConnell's assertion that this was just another attempt by Democrats to bail out states with stimulus spending.
McConnell said on the Senate floor this morning: "Bailouts don't solve the problem. in fact They perpetuate it. Yet all we get from the President and Democrats in Congress is 'Do it again - or else!'"
"the number-one thing we want to do is get the teachers back in the classroom for the kids," Schumer responded. "And I think to say helping those kids is a bailout is just totally not taking into account what those kids need. It's awful to say that."
Schumer said Democrats are open to dropping the .5% percent surtax on millionaires to pay for the bill if Republicans have a better idea. He said he believes Republicans would be opposed to the bill even if Democrats stripped out the millionaire tax.
Aides to Senate Democratic leadership say the first votes on the $35 billion dollar bill wouldn't come before the end of the week at the earliest.
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The tea party is dead. They have been outed for what they really are. Abunch of suckers used by big business to get their corporate schills into office. As Dandy Don Meredith used to sing during MNF, "The Party's Over"!!!!
"Obama in a landslide victory in 2012"
It's a "landslide" alright. All downhill.
GT you are kidding right?
Obama admin has done more to line the pockets of his corporate schills than ever before. Have you heard of Stimulus package? NONE of the money made it to those who needed it, it allowed the executives to get their big fat bonus, but via tax payer money instead of profits.
Only people profiting off of the Obama free ride are supporting him. Honest hardworking people aren't being fooled, and will NOT vote for him.
NObama 2012!!!
Who likes Obama? Check- CPUSA dot org. This is the meeting place for the American Communist Party. Seems like they and the dems have the same agenda. Now you know why N. Pelosi backs the protestors.
Dems press GOP to pass what? Not today, not with my money they're not.
My representatives are putting a halt to this nonsense like I requested.
Thumbs up
Hope and Change: I hope to keep my change.
Gee, Eric Cantor initially said the Reps could stand behind some of the bill's plans! Gee, another about face from the presumed King of Judah. McConnel criticizes but fails to bring a Rep plan to the table. The Dems are right - any piece of legislation they place on the table is obstructed by the Gopers and Tpers, who fail repeatedly at appropriate debate, citing ideaological differences, the hell with the pragmatic and utilitarian approach to Democratic processes. 9-9-9 is just brilliant Cain. A flat tax of 15 on everyone and everything that says its not anyone - no deductions allowed, not one. States to determine their level, but to exceed Federal rates. Balanced budgets become mandatory for the FED and all the fifty states, allowing enough time to place the amendment in place and for adherence. Immigration give-aways cease immediately. If you are a non-citizen you pay for everything, i.e. education, hospitalization, baby making expenses, everything is covered by their cash. All social services end for undocumented immigrants - period. Restructure FED regulations, create the dream world for new corporations, new manufacturing and re-emerge as a leader in world technology and production.
Thank you GOPers and TPers for the flatness of your perceptual abilities, which are riight up up there, or should I say, down there with the proverbial Ostrich!
The GOP (Great Obstructionist Party) will let Americans suffer as long as it takes to prevent President Obama from gaining any political traction. Everyday Americans who are suffering unemployment, home forclosure, living in their car, and strugling to survive one day to the next are little more than Political Fodder to the Republicans! Wake up America Republicans only cuddle the mega rich of America and love Corporate America; everyone else is little more than TRASH to Republicans.
And I thank them for it!
The Dems are destroying the country with their poorly devised "plans". Even the Dems aren't supporting this bill. A few are caving into Obama for political reasons.
All those things you mention have gotten WORSE since Obama took office, and he walked into a full majority in Congress. He didn't need any GOP votes. He got all his plans passed, AND THEY FAILED!! THANK YOU GOP FOR PUTTING A STOP TO THIS MADNESS!!!
Hey did you know that the Republicans tried to vote on the bill weeks ago, but HARRY REID prevented it. Hmmmm, so who's the real obstructionists?
You have been exposed, the truth shall not be covered up by the Regressives!!!
Republicans pressure Dems for a jobs bill component that they can support!
Why is this so hard for Dems/liberals to understand????
The President deliberately put forward a bad plan to make the GOP look bad, and then the Dems get all upset when the GOP actually won't cave in and support it.
So Dems/Libs you ask, what can we do? How about sitting the Dems and the Republicans down in the same room, and work out a bill both sides can support!!!
This is the first administration that I can recall that refuses to include any bipartisan cooperation when drafting the bill. They write it, and then use the sky is falling tactics to force it's passage.
Well, if they would write a good bill, the sky may not be falling!
NObama 2012!!!
GOP hates public school teachers because they want their kids to only go to private schools and have the public schools shut down.
wtfwwus, whats the point, no matter WHAT the dems propose the GOP is going to say no you moron.
The point is if the Dems stop proposing bogus bills solely for the purpose of creating posts like yours, we may be able to get something done.
The so-called jobs bill presented by President Obama was written without any input from the GOP, and was designed to be unacceptable to the GOP, so they could use it for pure political purposes. They never expected it to pass, that's why so many Democrats are opposed to it.
You are the moron (since you want to go there, I'll play your game) for falling for their obvious ploy. Apparently GOP'rs are smarter than you, because they are not being fooled. Your first line is obvious that you are a card carrying member of the left, and no matter what happens you will blame the GOP, and excuse the Dems of all the horrible mistakes they have done in the past 3 years.
THANK YOU GOP FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO SAY NO TO THE BS THE DEMS ARE DOING!!!
Correct me if I’m wrong but are these type jobs not normally funded by the State? I see this is a pathetic political move by the left to temporarily increase their job creation numbers, lower the unemployment percentages to make that NEODEM in the White House look like he is not a total failure. How long would this funding last? My math is 35,000,000,000/400,000 = 87,500 per individual minus healthcare premiums and retirement plan money and all that. So what are we looking at 1.5 years of temp employment? I would have to agree that any employment is good employment regardless of the amount of time, but this is still just a political tool for the Democrats, but I can see where it would be effective. (Political stunt = YES), (Pathetic Attempt by the Left to get the unemployment numbers TEMORARILY low enough to get PO
TUS re-elected = YES), (Should the republicans vote yes? This republican says yes. People come before politics even when the opposition is using them as human shields which both parties do with regularity).You are absolutely correct. This isn't a jobs bill, this is a workfare bill. In order to keep these "jobs" the Feds will need to keep funding it, or the jobs will go away.
No real jobs will be created, this is market driven, and this will not help the market, it will actually make it worse, by putting us 1/2 BILLION more in debt.
Both parties are bad, but the incumbent is so blatent in this political ploy that I cannot believe anyone is falling for it.
Just had another thought which happens occasionally. If the States let these teachers and first responders go because they could not continue to budget for them, then this will put the burden on the States to let them go again. Not that this is a horrible issue they should just put that it is a Temporary Position not to exceed 1 year, or 1.5 years whatever the magic number is in the job description.
What need to be done is to quit out of control spending. OBama is pressing on as if we are the riches Country in the world. We are not let me remind you. Every dollar we spend is borrowed. Yes, 43 cents of every dollar we beg to keep the OBama nightmare presidency going.
Time the American people wake up to the fact OBama is a communist and like every communist he will destroy your jobs and your families. He will later provide you with a little red book like MAO of China extolling his virtues. He has none!!!
Wake up America! well not all of America! just the liberal left wing progressives who
believe the demos are the right party! they've done nothing! pass no budget or any
bill that has helped! they pass more welfare programs and more spending bills and
more stimulus and more regulations on top of the other bad regulations like fanny
and freddy and gave away trillions on Green energy companies that go bankrupt
because it doesn't work and nobody wants it except a few liberal idiots! they lie
and cheat and make deals with big unions, GE, wall street, AARP and others who
bought OBOMBO and the demos their elections for FAVORS! that help no one but
line their own pockets [Pelosi's brother in law and other white house officals with ties
to green energy] and now support those lunatic fringe progressive liberal protesters
but they called the Tea Party thugs and racists and terrorist! because they want
less government and big spending and more FREEDOM! wow that's radical!
if OBOMBO wins america is finished! look at Europe that's what they want!
OBOMBO and demos have nothing to stand on except welfare nanny state
big governemnt so more people rely on them and give them votes to keep
their big liberal lifestyles! ever heard so socialism? that's how it works! you
get scraps and promises while they live high on the hog! you people who think
these liberals care about you are living in a fairy land!
Now one more of obama's green scams "Ener Del"
obama your not going to be able to get out of town fast enough!!!
Jobs for the private sector, screw the Public Unions! Taxpayers can't afford their benefits!
The Dems are the bitches of the unions and this is nothing more than pandering to their voter base. Teachers unions made up to 40% of the delegates at the last Dems national convention: talk about lockstep.
How about this: make everyone pay their fair share for their retirement and benefits. Of course, the public unions will hate that idea. Govt. needs to get out of the education business.
How can people not see that this so called Jobs Act is only a temporary jobs/stimulous package that WILL NOT WORK! It is Obama campaigning in over drive to get votes at the expense of Americans. He is "buying" favors of the unions again!
Obama is NOT serious about Americans working again. He wants half the country on the Federal Government Entitlement/Handout" program while the other half pays for it !
If Obama is re-elected............3/4 of the country will be on the "Federal Government Entitlement/Handout" program while 1/4 of the country pays for it.
Calll this so called jobs bill what it is..........It is a Stimulous plan to buy votes, continue class warefare, demonize the GOP and nothing more!
Eliminate all public unions!
Make all states Rigt to Work!!
Republicans tell the liberal progressive demos to GO TO HELL!
their policies and all the liberal socialist crap they passed has
destroyed this country! just sit back and wait for OBOMBO to
get kicked out and then stop all his OBOMBOcare and regulations
and overspending programs and cut taxes for everybody!
Enough is Enough! all they do is play games and make up
one lie after another and blame the right or tea party yet
the praise and support the liberal wacko communist union
thug lazy rich as college anti capitalist protesters!
bring FREEDOM BACK GET RID OF FREEDUMB!
@ john paul.
I 100% agree unions should be outlawed... while we are at it we should outlaw free speech too!!!!
Backhouse and others on here are absolutely correct. But the voters in those states need to swamp their representatives (using this term loosely) with e-mails and letters and letters to their newspaper. they need to sign petitions and impeach these communistic political terrorists. the voters need to get involved instead of being afraid to vote en mase. I personally wrote John Tester and I asked the GOp reprsentatives in my State John hoeven why he voted the way he voted. I do not expect a reply, But I will persist in writing him again and again. They (the GOP & Tea-Party Terrorists) can't handle the truths and their agenda is to make slaves of us all and/or jailed. This is communism people. Wake Up you getting screwed!
Sorry the bank is closed and your overdrawn. Please remit payment and bring your account current with the American taxpayer. Until such time the answer is NO.
Vote out all career politicians on both sides, screw up the New World Order and watch the excuses fly. LOL
The Demos and Liberals have been EXPOSED! why does anybody believe a word
they say anymore? it's all lying BS to continue their big spending liberal programs
and progressive socialist agenda on america and turn the US into a European
One World Nation Society! They degraded the tea party and the liberal media
and liberals are doing it again because their protest has proven they are nothing
but anti-capitalist progressive liberal communists! the rhetoric coming from some
of those people are violent hate speech without any reason except they hate the
USA and the freedom it stands for! they want big government and to spread the
wealth! same as the demos progressive nanny welfare state programs that have
destroyed this country! they have kids brainwashed with all this anti-american
liberal BS they are teaching in school. These kids believe they should have everything
they desire and want without having to work for it! free college? what? i didn't go to
college! i couldn't afford it nor did i feel it was right for me so i have been working my
butt off all my life but i didn't complain or blame anybody or think oh boohoo why me?
that's life! this progressives are living in la la land! OBOMBO and the demos created
many of the wall street and banking problems that they are complaining about it's not
big business! WAKE UP AMERICA! the demo sociopaths have to go! NOBOMBO 2012!
why are the unions? and communist party out there with these people if this is
an organic movement like Pelosi [550 million to brother in law] just tried to BS
the public but the tea party was astro-turf and organized by big bad business!
Is that a rant, missed the point.
Democrat is the party of the working class people. Wealth on backs of the working class is not acceptable. Bush Tax Cuts need to expire. The corporation's are just that much more rich & powerful. The middle class, nearly extinct. Endangered Species.
OK! Let the Bush tax cuts expire! ALL of them! Despite the fact that the left calls them tax "breaks for the wealthy" (and you believe them without checking the facts) only 22% went to the top 2%, the group that pays over 50% of individual federal income taxes. Only 700-800B went to this group out of 3.7T over 10 years. If done fairly, almost 2T should have gone to the top 2%!! Even your savior, Obama, when he allowed them to be extended, called it the largest tax cut for the middle class in history! Which is it?! I guess it depends on who you are trying to please at the time.
"Democrat is the party of the working class people"??!! It appears to be the party of the freeloaders and anyone else who thinks that if you work hard and become successful, you owe it to someone else!!