BUNNING'S Obstruction Puts 2K Fed Employees OUT OF WORK

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These POS repukes always claim to be doing the ' people's business and champions of their cause '. YA RIGHT!



" Two thousand federal transportation workers will be furloughed without pay on Monday, and the Obama administration said they have a Kentucky senator to blame for it.


Federal reimbursements to states for highway programs will also be halted, the Transportation Department said in a statement late Sunday. The reimbursements amount to about $190 million a day, according to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.


The furloughs and freeze on payments were the result of a decision last week by Republican Sen. Jim Bunning to block passage of legislation that would have extended federal highway and transit programs, the department said. Those programs expired at midnight Sunday.


The extension of transportation programs was part of a larger package of government programs that also expired Sunday, including unemployment benefits for about 400,000 Americans.


Bunning objected to the $10 billion measure, saying it would add to the budget deficit. He didn't immediately respond to a request Sunday for comment.


The impasse has provided the administration with an opening to excoriate Republicans for allowing popular programs to run out, even if only for a short time.


"As American families are struggling in tough economic times, I am keenly disappointed that political games are putting a stop to important construction projects around the country," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement.


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[Botany]

1. But Bunning is the one suffering he missed the Kentucky v S. Carolina game.

:sarcasm:


If we can't beat this ass hat after this stunt then whom ever is in charge in the Kentucky democratic
party should quit.

[kirby]

2. How is this soley Bunnings fault?

I mean, has there been a vote to end debate? If so, who were the Republicans who voted against that? This sounds bigger than Bunning.

If there has been no vote, this sounds like Reid playing games and people suffering as a result.

[Bicoastal]

3. The vote was 99-1.

[kirby]

5. Then how is it held up?

It only takes 60 votes to stop a filibuster. 99-1 sound like this whole thing should have been solved?

[annabanana]

4. kickreckickkick. . . Republicans drag the government to a halt..AGAIN!!

AGAIN.. LOUDER


Republicans drag the government to a halt..AGAIN!!

[fascisthunter]

6. how many of those workers voted Republican before?

duh... good job doofus.

[Initech]

7. If I were among them I'd want to rise up and overthrow this jackass.

Of course Kentucky has a huge history of electing douchebags to the highest levels of government so I'm not really surprised by this piece of shit.

[Kablooie]

8. Well, THAT will show those lazy bums. Maybe they'll go out and get a job now.