GOP Senators From States with High Unemployment Vote AGAINST UI Extension

Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:54 Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2010 13:54
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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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