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Congress Set to Pass Unemployment Benefits Legislation

Calendar July 20, 2010 | Posted by billspaced

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again – Our elected representatives in Congress are stonewalling idiot incapable of pouring piss out of a boot with the instructions on the bottom!

“The same people who didn’t have any problem spending hundreds of billions of dollars on tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans are now saying we shouldn’t offer relief to middle-class Americans,” Obama said.

Preach on, brother Obama!

The Associated Press: Democrats to give jobless benefits another vote

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Senate close to restoring jobless benefits (AP)

Calendar July 16, 2010 | Posted by billspaced

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In this June 28, 2010 photo, job seekers wait in line to attend at a National Career Fair in San Francisco. New applications for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week as General Motors and other manufacturers skipped their usual summer shutdowns.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP – More than 2 million workers who have been laid off for long stretches could get their unemployment benefits restored as early as next week.

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W.Va. gov. taps ex-aide for Sen. Byrd seat (AP)

Calendar July 16, 2010 | Posted by billspaced

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FILE- This Tuesday July 5, 2009 file photo shows Carte Goodwin, who was West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin's General Council, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Tuesday, July 5, 2005. Goodwin will be Gov. Joe Manchin's temporary appointee to the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd's seat. (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File)AP – Gov. Joe Manchin is tapping former chief counsel Carte Goodwin, a member of a prominent West Virginia family, to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Democratic officials told The Associated Press on Friday.

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Congress passes stiff financial reform bill (AP)

Calendar July 16, 2010 | Posted by billspaced

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, reaches out to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right after signing the financial reform legislation bill during an enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – In the end, it’s only a beginning.

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Obama’s immigration push: Dems risk losing midterm votes (Time.com)

Calendar July 15, 2010 | Posted by billspaced

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Time.com – The issue hurt Republicans in the past few years, but now Democrats are worried it could turn around to bite them [more...]

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