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44. Jackass
Fri Dec 2, 2022, 09:32 AM
Dec 2022

The ONLY effect of his "no" vote was to obfuscate the GQP's responsibility for denying a perfectly reasonable provision.

Get rid of privately funded ELECTIONS & Lobbyist Gifts !! They are killing us ! n/t TeamProg Dec 2022 #1
Get rid of Republicans. tirebiter Dec 2022 #2
Yeah i agree with your and get rid .... via French Revolution !!! Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #3
Like so? KS Toronado Dec 2022 #8
It's the only way to be sure with republicons FoxNewsSucks Dec 2022 #11
YES Toronado.... you are 100000000000000000000% correct. Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #15
The French had a damn good solution to greed Stargazer99 Dec 2022 #37
I am sure Rebl2 Dec 2022 #5
You the average worker aren't as valuable as those in control Stargazer99 Dec 2022 #38
My first thought too - get rid of paid sick leave for the Senate SouthernDem4ever Dec 2022 #42
So true Rebl2 Dec 2022 #46
So the repukes want a strike grumpyduck Dec 2022 #4
+1 peppertree Dec 2022 #9
EXACTLY GD DENVERPOPS Dec 2022 #14
I keep reminding anyone who voted repuglican about this SouthernDem4ever Dec 2022 #43
I have found DENVERPOPS Dec 2022 #53
Its the original deal brokered by President Biden a couple months ago MichMan Dec 2022 #6
Shocker Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2022 #7
Solidarity with the rail workers! EarthFirst Dec 2022 #10
+1... myohmy2 Dec 2022 #19
Former IASTE member here. I will always stand with the workers! Nt Javaman Dec 2022 #30
You mean IATSE? tirebiter Dec 2022 #51
Lol yes typed too fast Javaman Dec 2022 #52
I know a whole bunch of railroaders. MontanaMama Dec 2022 #12
Are they? Well, good then. Serves them right for voting for that shithole party LymphocyteLover Dec 2022 #17
Same thing in the Trades World DENVERPOPS Dec 2022 #21
The whole industry has thrown in with the extraction industry. They don't seem to understand that LT Barclay Dec 2022 #26
JHC. Seven lousy days is enough to scuttle a decent contract and risk a strike? Wake up RR boss. nt Evolve Dammit Dec 2022 #13
The President needs to step up on this The Mouth Dec 2022 #16
I don't get why they are pressuring the RR bosses? LymphocyteLover Dec 2022 #18
It was President Biden's proposal that was passed MichMan Dec 2022 #31
The workers need to strike if they don't get paid sick time The Mouth Dec 2022 #48
Ted Cruz wrote some non-sensical twitter thread about why this is Biden's fault and why he voted LymphocyteLover Dec 2022 #20
I am a state government employee. I have 90 days of sick time banked Tarc Dec 2022 #22
Popeye gets it... LT Barclay Dec 2022 #23
It is a dark day quakerboy Dec 2022 #24
It won't cost us in 2024. Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #25
Americans memory is not the issue at hand quakerboy Dec 2022 #36
NO. It was the republicans in the Senate that refused the sick leave to the bill, not the JohnSJ Dec 2022 #33
Results matter quakerboy Dec 2022 #35
I knew it. Shit!!! BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #27
If Biden signs it, it's on him. forthemiddle Dec 2022 #29
The media is owned by large corps and wealthy individuals and Stargazer99 Dec 2022 #39
Manchin... *shakes head* LudwigPastorius Dec 2022 #28
Notice Manchin has sick leave Stargazer99 Dec 2022 #40
Jackass smb Dec 2022 #44
Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 #50
The headline should read it was the republicans in the Senate why sick leave was rejected, because JohnSJ Dec 2022 #32
Exactly. It was Republicans, not "the Senate..." SunSeeker Dec 2022 #34
RR workers get days off Deminpenn Dec 2022 #41
No paid sick leave, no deal. Magoo48 Dec 2022 #45
AMEN The Mouth Dec 2022 #49
i wonder how many rail workers vote republican samsingh Dec 2022 #47
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