Obama signs emergency bill to halt teacher layoffs

Source: Yahoo

" By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer Jim Abrams, Associated Press Writer – 28 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Summoned back from summer break, the House on Tuesday pushed through an emergency $26 billion jobs bill that Democrats said would save 300,000 teachers, police and others from election-year layoffs. President Barack Obama immediately signed it into law.

Lawmakers streamed back to Washington for a one-day session as Democrats declared a need to act before children return to classrooms minus teachers laid off because of budgetary crises in states that have been hard-hit by the recession.

Republicans saw it differently, calling the bill a giveaway to teachers' unions and an example of wasteful Washington spending that voters will punish the Democrats for in this fall's elections. The legislation was approved mainly along party lines by a vote of 247-161."

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Another victory for america given to you by President Obama and the Democratic Party! The repukes only provided 2 votes to help american workers. SHAMEFUL!!!!!

cuts food stamps for the poor? Where do they get this crap from?

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That's a first.

They pay for this in part by cutting food stamps three years from now, but not to worry.

They'll restore the money long before that if it's needed.

This is just another case of saying something is paid for when it isn't.

What would be nice is that if a few of the posters who have been attacking Obama would chime in and say that in this case having Obama in office was kinda handy.

the left, continues to accomplish the goals he stated during his 2008 presidential campaign.

SUCK IT, TEA BAGGERS! YOU LOSE!

It is the Congress and prior presidents that have added increasing regulation and mandated programs to state school budgets WITHOUT the funding to implement the very same thing they legislate. Very little that the Fed's mandate for states/education is fully funded. So now they have been caught in a bind of their own making.

I half expected Gibbs to come out and complain about the demands of those "professional teacher union types".......and recommending a drug screen....or something.

Sorry....just a bit sore over those comments earlier today. ;)

President signing it today.

F---ckn deal news story of the day---Of course it will be drown out by nonsense.

Since when has stopping teacher layoffs been catering to a special interest?