John Boehner’s “Job-Creatin’ Fifteen” Bills: An Overview

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/11/09-6

BROOKLYN — Whenever I see Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) defending GOP obstruction on the President’s jobs package, I notice that he mentions “15 jobs bills” already passed by the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, only to languish in the U.S. Senate — blocked by obstructionist Democrats. If I’ve heard this once, I’ve heard it 15 times.

However, no matter how often TV news reports allow Boehner to utter this alibi, I never hear an alleged TV “journalist” respond with the first question that comes to my old-school, newspaper-bound mind: “WHAT 15 jobs bills?”



It turns out there’s a list! The Republicans put it up on the worldwide web, and for some reason, the number of House resolutions listed is actually 24. As I studied these “jobs bills,” I deleted one because it was sponsored by Democrats. The Senate crossed off another on Nov. 7 by voting it forward for eventual passage. Ironically, this bill (HR 674) repeals a tax signed into law by George W. Bush.

As a public service, I thought somebody — anybody — should explain John Boehner’s Job-Creatin’ Fifteen (actually, Twenty-Two). So, well, here goes…

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1. Boner doesn't need bridges ,he needs Tears to make that sob sincere.