Sen. Jon Kyl Holds Up Unemployment Extension. Hundreds Of Thousands Fall Off Rolls.

[Are_grits_groceries]

Washington -- Key Senate Democrats tried unsuccessfully today to quickly pass legislation to give jobless workers in Michigan and other hard-hit states an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits.

That delays action on the high-stakes issue until at least next week.

<snip>

Today's failed effort to quickly pass a bill followed the unveiling of a compromise bill by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and key allies. The bill would give all states an extra 14 weeks of jobless benefits, plus an extra six weeks for states with unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or greater.

<...> Reid introduced the bill after reaching a deal with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, who had balked at the House-passed bill, which only gives extra benefits to the hardest-hit states.

<...> But when Reid asked senators to quickly pass the bill under a speedy procedure, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., objected. That's enough to prevent a quick vote.

Kyl said he wanted to have time to look at the proposal and consider possible Republican amendments, and also ask the independent Congressional Budget Office to estimate its cost.

<...> While objecting to quick passage, Kyl said he expects "at the appropriate time," Republicans will "be able to work out some kind of agreement."

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/sen-jon-kyl-r-az-holds-unemployment-e

When somebody pulls this shit, they should have their salary docked a brazillion dollars a day.

People aren't spending this money on golden bath fixtures. They want to effing eat.

"At the appropriate time" my ass.

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Can't Reid override him?

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. I don't know.

The rules of the Senate are intricate sometimes. At times, Reid is bound by them,and at others he may just be extending a long-recognized courtesy.

I say screw all of that. They are saying no to everything. Reid needs to either read the rules more closely or use some trick. There are a lot of ways to maneuver, but I don't trust Reid to use them.

Senator Byrd is wicked good at the rules, but I don't think he's up to par anymore.

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. These delay for the sake of delay tactics are getting old

People are hurting out here.

[G_j]

17. another form of "drown it in a bathtub"

thank you Grover Norquist
:sarcasm:

[G_j]

2. Heard some Republican on NPR

state he was against extending benefits because it would take away incentive to find work, even if that means having to move.

[sakabatou]

3. What a fucker

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. What work would he like them to find?

He lives in a different world.

[Catshrink]

5. That's what Michelle Malkin said on This Week

a few weeks ago. Asshat.

[virgogal]

6. What an ass! eom

[malletgirl02]

8. kyl is out of touch

Kyl is out of touch, doesn't he know there are no jobs in many areas of the country? How does someone like that become a senator?

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. Yeah, because one day millions of us woke up and decided not to work any more

There are NO JOBS to be had. What is it that these people are not getting?

[G_j]

18. what about drug dealing, prostitution and stuff?

come on!
:eyes:

[Ruby the Liberal]

21. Yeah - I can take on a new career as a MILF stripper!

I'll be RICH! :rofl:

[G_j]

27. thinking of

stealing hubcaps, but my knees couldn't handle it.
:shrug:

seriously though, I sometimes wonder if that isn't really what they mean.
This is America, land of opportunity!

[laughingliberal]

29. Problem: all the patrons are out of money, too.

No, I'm not going to tell you how I know that. :P

[CrownPrinceBandar]

19. Their heads aren't screwed on right...........

For example, I just had an argument with a libertarian buddy who said that a national healthcare system would create a spawn of slackers and lay-abouts and didn't want his tax money going towards it. He had no answer when I pointed out that mass-indigence has yet to occur in any of the European countries or Canada since they've instituted a single-payer system.

These folks just don't want to pay for it, plain and simple. They love their money more than they love their country (to paraphrase Jon Stewart).

edit: added attribution

[Ruby the Liberal]

20. I-got-mine-yer-on-yer-own mentality.

Sometimes, I just want these Paul-people to experience a little karma.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

22. That's it.............

and my Libertarian buddy? You called it, a Ron Paul supporter.

edit: you might want to rethink the "paultard" thing. Its against DU rules.

[Ruby the Liberal]

32. Whoops! Didn't know. Thanks for the heads up!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

34. No prob.

[Yavin4]

24. Unless He Means Moving to China or India

Cause aint nothing happening any where in the U.S.

Oh yeah, I forgot. China and India won't let you move there and work unlike the U.S.

[Odin2005]

37. Proof conservatives are evil, sociopathic, selfish pricks.

They are incapable of sympathy and compassion.

[ThePantaloon.com]

38. Kyl is a douchebag

[malletgirl02]

7. Kyl

Maybe its time for Kyl to become unemployed, but it most likely won't happen due to incumbency.

[Catshrink]

9. Fucking Kyl

First he wanted to leave maternity care out of the HCR legislation he wasn't going to vote on anyway. Then he voted against the Franken amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill that would punish contractors if they "restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court."

I know what it is: Vile Kyl hates Americans, especially America women.

[eleny]

11. He's too nasty to be squeaky clean...

I wish someone would dig up dirt on that no-good.

[bluestateguy]

12. They are the ones bitching about the high unemployment rate

and they seem to think starvation and bankruptcy will "motivate" people to find work.

You can be as motivated as you want, but if there are no jobs, you're only going to be an unemployed motivated person.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

16. They're also the same ones......

who want us to hit up our neighbors and charities for healthcare. Compassionate conservatism, at its best.

[G_j]

23. compassionate conservatism

go beg somewhere else..
:-(

[CrownPrinceBandar]

25. That's right............

"I-Got-Mine-So-Fuck-You" as its also known as.

[DesertRat]

15. Both of our AZ Senators are assholes

:mad:

[GoldenOldie]

26. Don't know which is the worse of the two

Kyl is against anything that would benefit his consitutents or humanity as a whole.

He doesn't want maternity care in healthcare reform.

He doesn't want the unemployment benefits.

He voted against numerous benefits for the military.

One only has to review Kyl's voting record to see what a worthless piece of crap he is. Kyl is actually afraid to hold townhall forums with his constituents and he relies on his ignorant, teabagging followers to re-elect him. McCain is only slightly better. He has held townhall forums on healthcare reform but he makes sure that they are only done in the red zones. I lost what little respect I had for McCain when he allowed his primate campaign handlers to foist Sarah Palin on our Nation. He may have been a POW and withstood torture, but he did nothing to prevent the circus and torture of his campaign.

I would call them both clowns but they make you laugh. These two make this Arizonan cry.

[DesertRat]

36. I agree completely. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. Any co-incidence that Joe the Plumber has a history in Arizona?

Not a good one,either.

[tonysam]

28. If you read clear to the bottom of the Detroit News article,

you will find this:

If the Senate passes additional benefits -- as is expected -- a House-Senate conference will have to come up with a compromise bill that can pass both chambers. The White House has signaled President Barack Obama's eventual support.


If I read this right, it is expected the Senate will pass this measure anyway. What in the fuck is Kyl trying to do, and why in the fuck is he getting away with it?

[Ardent15]

30. Kyl is an evil bastard.

I hope he gets his ass kicked in 2012 come election time.

[laughingliberal]

33. It could happen. Unemployment in his state was 9.1% in August

Must make sure his constituents are aware.

[Barack_America]

31. My mother just ran out of benefits in Florida.

And had to beg for help from 90 year old WWII veteran grandfather, who still works PT to make ends meet. We're also giving her all we can.

Fuck you Kyl.

[iceman66]

35. If Harry Reid had any balls,

he'd 'hold up' every dime of 'pork' earmarked for Arizona until they vote this POS out of office!

[Are_grits_groceries]

42. That's what the Dems need to do.

Somebody asked the former Governor of Louisiana, Edwin Edwards, what he would have done with the Katrina mess. He said he would have called the WH and told them they weren't getting a drop of oil unless major help was on the way immediately.

He may have been corrupt, but he knew how the political system worked. He would have done it too, and somebody should have. It takes a thief, to catch a bastard.

[DainBramaged]

40. It's simple, Senator 'Fuck you America' Kyl wants something

so he'll attach an amendment to the bill and get it passed as part of it or he'll starve everyone. He's simply a selfish fuck. Call him Monday Morning and let him have it.


http://kyl.senate.gov/


http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm



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http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977845936&grpId=3659174697244816

[ArbustoBuster]

41. Kyl is one of those about whom I never see anything good.

Any headline with his name in it always takes the form "Kyl does {something entirely evil or stupid}". The man pretty much disproves the idea that a stopped clock is right twice a day - he's always wrong.

[IrishBuckeye]

43. Not supporting Jon Kly, but within the bill is there an estimate of how much it will cost?

One of Jon Kly's request is that the Independent Congressional Budget Office estimate its cost. Is there a cost estimate in the bill? If there wasn't, why wasn't there? If there is, wouldn't it have come from the Independent Congressional Budget Office?

[Are_grits_groceries]

44. I don't know and I don't care.

The measure was going to pass whether there were reports from every government official.

These people had there money cut off immediately. Kyl is keeping a lot of them from money they need to meet basic needs just for the sake of obstruction.

He knew this was on the horizon. If he was so worried he could have asked for his precious reports earlier. The GOP probably got together and decided who would pull this shit.

[IrishBuckeye]

46. This was a side question, not so much about Kyl's actions.

I do care how much bills cost, I believe in accountability including financial accountability. Bills with services, from military expenditures to social services should include how much they cost. You can question if Congress includes cost of a bill, and support that they all should , and still be for a bills passage. They aren't exclusive of one another.

[amb123]

45. You just know that Kyl's response will be,

"Hallelujah, I've freed more people from the shame and disgrace of relying on government handouts! Now they can pull themselves up by their own bootstraps as God intended!"

:puke:

That's the problem with the GOPigs, They expect you to pull up the ol' bootstraps even though there's no bootstraps to pull.