Best & clearest explanation of Dems' reconciliation trouble
Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:11:51 PM
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| This is from a joint memo by Senate Whip Jon Kyl and House Whip Eric Cantor. Everybody these days is talking about the minutiae of parliamentary procedure and what the Dems may or may not try. But this lays out the procedural pitfalls, the effects of shaky levels [...] |
Krugman: Democrats & Republicans In Two Different Universes
Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:11:51 PM
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| New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on Friday waxes galactic when it comes to the partisan battles in Washington, writing that "Democrats and Republicans live in different universes, both intellectually and morally." As evidence Krugman uses Arizona senator Jon Kyl's defense of Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) who temporarily held up unemployment |
Robert J. Elisberg: Republicans to America: Drop Dead
Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:11:51 PM
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| What Jon Kyl overlooks in his contempt for the unemployed is that while these oh-so-lucky unemployed people are getting paid while not working, they're getting paid in part with their own money. |
Kyl on Bunning: You're all welfare queens, anyway!
Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:11:51 PM
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| Jon Kyl, superjerk, "defending" Jim Bunning's "Screw America!" Family Killing Project:"It could be argued it [unemployment insurance] is a disincentive for work because people are being paid even though they are not working". Well, Bunning's getting paid even though he's not working. Doesn't seem to bother Kyl. |
Lone Republican Senator Gets Crap For Taking A Stand
Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:11:51 PM
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| Senate Repub Whip Jon Kyl suggested on "Fox News Sunday" that while he supported Bunning's objection to the $10 billion [unemployment extension], that was small potatoes compared to the permanent extension. "This is a temporary extension. It's over $10 billion. And all Senator Bunning was saying, quite correctly, is it ought to be paid for." |
GOP Sen. Kyl: Unemployment Benefits Are A Disincentive For..
Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:11:51 PM
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| Ah, the oldest argument in the book: If we extend unemployment benefits to those out of work, then what incentive is there for people to find a new job? That's what Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl was arguing tonight on the floor, and we feel like we've heard it before... |
Congress will pass jobless benefits extension, GOP senator s
Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:11:51 PM
Posted by admin / Under Jon Kyl
| WASHINGTON - Congress will pass legislation aimed at keeping certain jobless benefits, highway and transit money and other government programs funded, Sen. Jon Kyl, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, said Sunday. |
Kyl on Unemployment Extension: "It Will Pass"
Wednesday 10th of March 2010 12:11:51 PM
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| Sen. Jon Kyl said a bill to temporarily extend unemployment benefits to out-of-work Americans would ultimately be approved, despite efforts last week by his Republican colleague, Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky, to block the bill. |
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