Five Senate Republicans broke ranks to back a $15 million measure intended to spur job creation.
The test vote of 62-30 makes it likely the Senate will approve the measure that Democrats said would create tens of thousands of new jobs, improving the struggling national employment market. But whether the House will go along with the legislation without making substantial changes remains to be seen.the Democratic leadership initiative.
No doubt John Boehner is already rounding up the opposition.
Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts, the newly elected Republican, was the first to join Democrats in backing the measure. He was then joined by Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, George Voinovich of Ohio and Christopher Bond of Missouri, who voted after it became obvious Democrats would prevail. Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska was the sole Democrat to oppose beginning debate on the measure.
what can ya say about good 'ole Ben?
ReplyDeleteGood for those republicans. Seems Scott Brown has alot of conservatives up in arms today! LOL.
Barney Frank was just speaking to Rachel, he said the repubs don't want jobs to come back and they don't want deficit reduction, they want nothing positive whatsoever for Obama. I guess they think destroying Obama along with the country will get them the power they crave. AMAZING!!!
Brown knows that his win in a blue state was a fluke and that the Democrats won't be so stupid as to give him a Coakley to run against next time. If he wants to keep his job he has to be able to appeal to non-teabaggers.
ReplyDeleteAnd a jobs bill? Much harder to justify voting against it by the kind of obfuscation they've used to demonize health-care reform. Not too surprising that a couple of Republicans from struggling states like Ohio and Missouri came over too.
What we want now is a few more defectors for when the HCR hits the fan.
ReplyDeleteCould it be that the Washington thugs are finally paying attention to the majority instead of the minority screed?
ReplyDeleteBut remember, it has to go through the House and you know Boehner is tripping all over himself to get all the goose-stepping representatives line up to say No.
ReplyDeleteBoehnhead can get as trippy as he likes -- there's no filibuster in the House to negate democracy.
ReplyDeleteActually, according to Shaw's place, Bond and Voinovich are retiring soon, so maybe that explains it. They can do the right thing and get away with it.
Bet the teabaggers are at full boil.....
"Bet the teabaggers are at full boil....."
ReplyDeleteThat gives me great pleasure.
They are caving a caniption fit it Kool Aid city. Ben Nelson needs to face a progressive in his next primary. I hope this bill passes, and it's a big improvenent over Baucus' GOP giveaway that Reid nixed. However this bill is so puny that much more is needed and soon.
ReplyDeleteHow quickly the tea baggers turned on their savior, Scott Brown.
ReplyDeleteWonder if Boner will start crying as he's rounding up the opposition?
ReplyDeleteHe really should invest in some waterproof mascara.
Just sayin'
The other repubes just might lynch Brown on the Capital lawn tonight. Let's see...they manage to get him elected to Ted Kennedy's seat, which presented so-called "armageddon" for dems, and now he doesn't vote in lockstep with the NoParty. BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
ReplyDeleteI'm luvin' it. But it's a small victory after a year of obstructionism.
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming that everyone caught the last line saying Ben Nelson is the only Democrat who opposed it.
ReplyDeleteInfidel753 nails it about Scott Brown. How sweet it is, after all the crowing and gloating the right-wing noise machine and Republican pols did about him.
ReplyDeleteDoes everyone realize Ben Nelson is a former health insurance executive? That explains a lot.
I, too, hope Nelson gets a liberal challenger who benefits from a ton of campaign money donated from all over the country.
I prefer Republicans straight up, meaning they actually run for office as a Republican.