Senate takes step on jobless-benefits extension

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011591814_jobless14.html

The key words her kids is: This month.
Why do "The People" think that Congress is corrupt, or disfuntional, the self serving part is quite obvious all by it's self, since the fact that Lobbying has not been made illegal and when smelled for it's actual essence, stinks of being politically being bought off. The proof of the dysfuntuality was made quite obvious by the the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi when she said and I quote " We'll just have to pass the Healthcare reform bill to actually see what's in it"
Nancy there is no excuse that will resonable accepted as to why YOU didn't actually know just exctly what was in that bill.
What "The People" really want to know is how could you endorse and promote a bill that YOU yourself had NO IDEA of what it contained?



The unemployment benefits are the major part of a $9.2 billion package that would pay for a wide range of government programs this month, notably payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients, the National Flood Insurance Program and health-insurance help for jobless people. Backers want the measure to be considered an emergency, meaning no spending cuts or revenues would be necessary.

In late March, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press asked people to describe their views toward Congress in one word. Eighty-six percent offered negative words: "Dysfunctional," "corrupt" and "self-serving" topped the list.

GOP senator blocks unemployment benefits extension: ‘Tough shit’

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/gop-senator-blocks-unemployment-benefits-tough-shit/



Republican Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) on Thursday night expressed his opposition to renewing unemployment benefits on the Senate floor with an unusually harsh message for its backers: "Tough shit."

Bunning repeatedly and single-handedly objected to an effort by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to attain unanimous consent among senators for extending COBRA and other benefits to out-of-work individuals across America.

"I don't think it's fair to do what you are proposing to do," he said to Durbin. "And I'll be here as long as you're here, and as long as all those other senators are here, and I'm going to object every time."

As Politico reported:

In a colloquy with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Jeff Merkley, a freshman Democrat from Oregon, was pleading for Bunning to drop his objection, when the Kentucky Republican got fed up. “Tough s—t,” Bunning said as he was seated in the back row, overheard by the floor staff and others in attendance.