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Bill Would Force CEOs to State, "I approved this message"

  A bipartisan bill in response to the Citizens United Supreme Court decision that allows unlimited corporate money to flow into elections, will soon be introduced. 

The bill would force CEO's to take ownership --hence responsibility?-- of their company's ads.

16 Republican Senators Vote AGAINST UI Extention

Bunning and Mitch All but 6 Republican Senators voted against the Unemployment Benefits Extension Bill Wednesday -- 16 of them from states with double digit unemployment.  Here are the 16 Republican who voted against your bare minimum safety-net.

MORE REPUBLICAN NUMBSKULLS ON PARADE: Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay says, "Unemployment benefits keeps people from going and finding jobs."

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AARP Launches Job Fair Project For Older Unemployed Print E-mail
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 AP/HuffPost: To help the more than two million unemployed Americans who are older than 55, AARP is sponsoring 48 job fairs in 19 states with high unemployment rates for older workers. The events will offer career counseling and information from businesses with job openings. 

 

 
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GOP Plans To Kill Heath Care Reform Print E-mail
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Seantor Judd Gregg Republican Judd Gregg of New Hampshire admitted, during a press conference that he was trying to stir up doubts among Democrats on reconciliation... through immigration, gun rights and abortion as a means of forcing uncomfortable votes.
 
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What If Senator Kyl, (R-Az) Had to Live Soley On Unemployment Benefits? Print E-mail
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Republican Senator Kyl says, "unemployment compensation is a disincentive for (laid-off workers) to seek new work." Hmm, wonder how long it would take him to start looking if he had to live off Arizona's maximum weekly UI pittance of $240. (Might not even cover his air conditioning bill.)
 
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GOP Senators From States with High Unemployment Vote AGAINST UI Extension Print E-mail
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All but 6 Republican Senators voted against the Unemployment Benefits Extension Bill Wednesday -- 16 of them from states with double digit unemployment. The National Unemployment rateU3 is 9.7%.

Here are the 16 Republican Senators who voted against your safety-net:


SENATORS STATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Sens. Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby Alabama 11.1%
Sen. George LeMieux Florida 11.9%
Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson Georgia 10.4%
Sen. Dick Lugar Indiana 11.1%
Sens. Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell Kentucky 10.7%
Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker Mississippi 10.9%
Sen. John Ensign Nevada 13.0%
Sen. Richard Burr North Carolina 11.1%
Sens. Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham South Carolina 12.6%
Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker Tennessee 10.7%

 

Senators Kit Bond (R-MO), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), George Voinivich (R-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA) joined all of the Democrats except Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) in voting for the measure.

 
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Senate Passes UI Extension Print E-mail
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WASHINGTON March 10, 2010 – UPDATE 

The Senate voted Wednesday to extend key pieces of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.

The bill was passed 63-36 with Six Republicans joining all but one Democrat, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, in voting for the bill.

EARLIER STORY:

Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate today, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.

The Senate is considering S.Amdt.3336 an amendment to H.R.4213 - Tax Extenders Act of 2009 -  that will extend unemployment and COBRA benefits to the end of 2010. 

The measure also prevents doctors from absorbing a crippling cut in Medicare payments, extends health insurance subsidies for the unemployed and gives cash-starved states help with Medicaid, the federal-state program providing health care to the poor and disabled.

 
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Listen Up Kyl, Bunning and Delay, 9 Unemployed For Every Job Print E-mail
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Nine Jobseekers For Every Job

WASHNGTON 9 March, 2010 There were 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of January 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Last Friday's jobs report showed 14.7 million out of work. Thats 5.4 unemployed people for each job. There are another 8.7 million with part time jobs that want fulltime work. Thats nearly 8.7 unemployed people for every open job.

As usual the dry and beaurocratese of the BLS report belies the the real pain and suffering resulting from the worst recession since the great depression of the 30's and totally ignored by the likes of Kyl, Bunning and Delay. 

There were 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of January 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported ... The job openings rate rose over the month to 2.1 percent, the highest therate has been since February 2009. The hires rate (3.1 percent) and the separations rate (3.2 percent) were unchanged in January. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry andgeographic region. This release also includes annual estimates forhires and separations.  The annual totals for hires and quits decreased in 2009 while the annual total for layoffs and discharges increased.
 
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