RawStory: "House Democrats Cut Unemployment Extensions to Fund Wars"

[KoKo]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/House_Democrats_cut_unemployment_extension_to_0604.html

House Democrats cut unemployment extension to fund wars
06/04/2008 @ 10:47 am
Filed by John Byrne

Seeking to find a way to win over fiscally conservative "Blue Dog" members of their own caucus, House Democrats are planning to ax a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits to find a way to pay for the Iraq war.
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The move comes against the wishes of the Senate: the unemployment benefit passed without incident there, with 75 senators supporting the final bill.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told the Washington Post yesterday that the unemployment insurance provision would "probably not" be part of the final package of war and domestic spending.

The bill provides funding for President Bush's Iraq and Afghan wars. It also provides a new educational benefit for military servicemembers -- at $52 billion. The Senate has passed Bush's war bill already, at $250 billion for 10 years; the House bill settles at $165 billion, and also includes funding for some domestic measures.

[Hydra]

1. Saw this yesterday

More stellar work from the majority we worked so hard to put in.

Thanks guys! What would we do without you? :sarcasm:

[atreides1]

2. "Blue Dogs" pro-War, anti-Worker

I guess the "Blue Dogs" don't have a problem with providing money to kill people, they just don't want to help Americans who have lost their jobs and need help.'

[BuelahWitch]

13. They want all the unemployed workers in Iraq fighting...

[Vincardog]

3. Would one of you DLC apologists please explain to me how having these REpigLICKERS in our party

helps us move this country in the progressive populist direction we are in such dire need of?

[StarryNite]

4. You've got to be kidding!

:puke:

[leftofcool]

5. Well, we elected em.

[bean fidhleir]

6. The Dems are on our side. Riiiiight.

They never sell us out. They do the right thing whenever they're in charge. To have heaven on earth, all we have to do is put the Dems in charge.

[Disturbed]

8. Unemployed Americans are not "Vital Interests" to Rethugs or

Dems in Congress. When unemployment checks stop, the unemployed can apply for "Work Fare". If they cannot get on that program, they can become homeless & seek food in dumpsters behind restaurant's &/or hotels.

[bean fidhleir]

9. You got it! We're just the labor pool - disposable work units

They can always import more Indians, Chinese, and Mexicans. Labor isn't people, it's just an expense item.

[gatorboy]

7. Fiscally conservative? $430 million worth of mobile homes are STILL rotting at Hope, AR airport.

:puke:

[Phred42]

10. Blue Dogs and DLC ARE NOT Democrats - they are Republicans who lie.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

12. BINGO

[DCKit]

11. "...fiscally conservative "Blue Dog""

Oh, is that what they are? I thought they were a front for the DLC/Corporate party.

Jeebus, they're even borrowing Republican mis-labels to propagandize their image.

[Th1onein]

14. I don't give a shit what you call them, or what they call themselves.

I want their NAMES posted here. I want to know who voted to not extend unemployment benefits. WHICH Democrats? WHERE are they from?

[Wizard777]

15. "at $250 billion for 10 years" That's Illegal. They can't fund beyond 2 Years.