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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 03:57 PM
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14 Senate Democrats, 5 Republicans voted against Bush Tax Cuts For Have-Mores©...here's the list.
Senate approves tax cut deal; House Dems weigh amending estate tax

Fourteen Democrats voted against the bill: Sens. Jeff Bingaman (N.M.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Russell Feingold (Wis.), Kirstin Gillibrand (N.Y.), Kay Hagan (N.C.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), Carl M. Levin (Mich.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Mark Udall (Colo.), Tom Udall (N.M.), Ron Wyden (Ore.) and Sanders. And five GOP senators were opposed: Sens. John Ensign (Nev.), Jeff Sessions (Ala.) and George V. Voinovich (Ohio), as well as Coburn and DeMint.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/14/AR2010121407224_2.html
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Ozymanithrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:02 PM
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1. 14 Senate Democrats, 5 Republicans voted against Bush Tax Cuts For the poor, middle class, unemploye
Edited on Wed Dec-15-10 04:11 PM by Ozymanithrax
14 Senate Democrats, 5 Republicans voted against extended unemployment benefits for the poor, middle class, unemployed

I could go on.

I guess they are just low lifes that detest the poor, middle class, and unemployed. There are two sides to that coin.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:03 PM
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2. They also voted against a 13-month UI extension.
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BlueCaliDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:07 PM
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6. Yes, but they don't care because *they're* employed. eom
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:04 PM
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3. Neither the Senator for Microsoft nor the Senator for Boeing voted against it.
Bad Patty. Bad Maria.
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Twillig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:04 PM
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4. Oregon,
Fuck Yeah.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:05 PM
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5. Except the 5 republicans did not. They also voted against a bill that would have given
Edited on Wed Dec-15-10 04:06 PM by Mass
tax cuts to the middle class only, as well that AGAINST the Sanders amendment which would have stopped these tax cuts without hurting the middle class.
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