From The Progress Report -- October 21, 2011:
Oops, They Did It Again!
Oct 21, 2011 | By Josh Dorner
Republicans Vote Down American Jobs — AGAIN
In their never-ending quest to protect millionaires and billionaires, Senate Republicans once again voted down American Jobs. Last week, they joined together to unanimously oppose the millions of jobs that would be created by the American Jobs Act. Last night, the Senate took up one part of the president’s jobs plan — a provision for nearly 400,000 jobs for teachers, firefighters, and cops — and Senate Republicans had another chance to go on record. And again they all voted no.
Here’s the rundown.
WHAT:
The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act
THE INVESTMENT:
$35 BILLION ($30 BILLION for teachers and $5 BILLION for first responders)
HOW IT WAS PAID FOR:
By a one-half of 1 percent surtax on any income above $1 MILLION (the first million dollars is still taxed today’s low rates)
HOW MANY AMERICAN JOBS THE GOP VOTED AGAINST:
At least 392,100 — with jobs in all 50 states
HOW MANY JOBS YOUR SENATOR VOTED AGAINST:
Check out our handy state-by-state spreadsheet HERE.
Some examples:
Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) voted against 6,300 jobs to protect the 0.6 percent of Massachusetts taxpayers who are millionaires.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) voted against 25,900 jobs to protect the 0.2 percent of Florida taxpayers who are millionaires.
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) voted against 4,100 jobs to protect the 0.1 percent of Arkansas taxpayers who are millionaires.
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) voted against 1,800 jobs to protect the 0.1 percent of Maine taxpayers who are millionaires.
WHAT’S NEXT:
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Rebuild America Act today. The bill will invest billions in our crumbling roads, bridges, airports, and other infrastructure projects across the country, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. The Senate is on recess next week and will attempt to take up the bill when it returns.
Watch this space for more details.
IN ONE SENTENCE: Republicans had a choice between American jobs or protecting millionaires, and once again Republicans chose to protect millionaires and billionaires instead of keeping teachers, cops, and firefighters on the job.
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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/gop-senator-supports-infrastructure-spending-in-libya-video.php?ref=fpb
Excerpt:
Republicans have made blanket opposition to big federal spending projects a cornerstone of their policy agenda. That means even historically bipartisan programs like infrastructure investment are DOA in Congress, at least for the time being.
So it came as a bit of a surprise to hear a GOP senator who’s up for re-election this cycle say on Fox News, “We can go over there and help them build their infrastructure up.”
That’s Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). He wasn’t talking about a forlorn corner of the United States, though. He was talking about Libya. And the ‘infrastructure’ he was talking about didn’t really include schools and bridges.
“One of the problems I have from leading from behind is when a day like this comes we don’t have the infrastructure in place that we could have,” Graham explained. Here he’s talking about the metaphorical infrastructure of U.S. forces and appointees on the ground who can help direct events. However, he soon moved on to talking about another type of infrastructure — the kind that helps with extracting oil.
“I’m glad it ended the way it did. If we would have kept American air power in the fight it would have been over quicker. Let’s get in on the ground. There is a lot of money to be made in the future in Libya. A lot of oil to be produced. Let’s get on the ground and help the Libyan people establish a democracy and a functioning economy based on free market principles. When it comes to weapons control. We need to get teams on the ground now that can assist this government to make sure that this stuff doesn’t fall into wrong hands. We don’t have much of a presence. There is an opening, get people on the ground.”
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/gop-senator-supports-infrastructure-spending-in-libya-video.php?ref=fpb
Excerpt:
Republicans have made blanket opposition to big federal spending projects a cornerstone of their policy agenda. That means even historically bipartisan programs like infrastructure investment are DOA in Congress, at least for the time being.
So it came as a bit of a surprise to hear a GOP senator who’s up for re-election this cycle say on Fox News, “We can go over there and help them build their infrastructure up.”
That’s Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). He wasn’t talking about a forlorn corner of the United States, though. He was talking about Libya. And the ‘infrastructure’ he was talking about didn’t really include schools and bridges.
“One of the problems I have from leading from behind is when a day like this comes we don’t have the infrastructure in place that we could have,” Graham explained. Here he’s talking about the metaphorical infrastructure of U.S. forces and appointees on the ground who can help direct events. However, he soon moved on to talking about another type of infrastructure — the kind that helps with extracting oil.
“I’m glad it ended the way it did. If we would have kept American air power in the fight it would have been over quicker. Let’s get in on the ground. There is a lot of money to be made in the future in Libya. A lot of oil to be produced. Let’s get on the ground and help the Libyan people establish a democracy and a functioning economy based on free market principles. When it comes to weapons control. We need to get teams on the ground now that can assist this government to make sure that this stuff doesn’t fall into wrong hands. We don’t have much of a presence. There is an opening, get people on the ground.”
Re the 2 previous posts:
No words needed for these T-Repug thugs.
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