Republicans Block Vote On Veterans Jobs Bill (UPDATE) - GuardianUK/RawStory

[WillyT]

Republicans block vote on veterans jobs bill (UPDATE)
By Karen McVeigh - The Guardian/RawStory
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 14:06 EDT

UPDATE: Senate Democrats failed to achieve cloture and thus prevent a filibuster on the legislation. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) led the opposition to the bill, arguing that the nation’s debt overrode its obligations to help veterans get jobs, and only 5 Republicans voted to proceed with the debate, leaving Democrats two votes short of the 60 required to block a threatened Republican filibuster.

Full story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/19/veteran-benefits-bill-heads-to-vote-as-democrats-plead-for-end-to-gop-block/

[cindyperry2010]

1. but the weird thing is all that will

disappear if mitthead rmoney (god help us all) became president and added trillions to the debt ? hmm

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Make them actually filibuster. n/t

[WillyT]

3. Kick !!!