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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:29 PM
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(SENATE) GOP blocks legislation to award seniors $250
Edited on Wed Dec-08-10 05:48 PM by Tx4obama
Source: AP (via HuffPo)

WASHINGTON — House and Senate Republicans on Wednesday thwarted Democratic efforts to award $250 checks to Social Security recipients facing a second consecutive year without a cost-of-living increase. -SNIP-

Later, the Senate voted 53-45 on a measure to bring the Social Security supplement bill to the Senate floor for debate. That was seven short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20101208/us-social-security-no-cola/


Edited to add:
Here's a link to the roll call vote list: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00267
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Bryn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:31 PM
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1. Fine ... No more tax cuts for the rich, then!
I stand with Bernie Sanders.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:32 PM
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2. Was a trophy involved?
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:34 PM
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3. They'd probably just waste it on food
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:17 PM
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15. Little Friskies Salmon Dinner (with gravy)
:banghead: heartless republican scumbags
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:41 PM
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18. Or worse yet, drugs.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:36 PM
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4. That would have been a fun vote in the context of them denying tax cuts to 98% of all Americans
Edited on Wed Dec-08-10 05:36 PM by BeyondGeography
What might have been.
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CurtEastPoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:39 PM
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5. And I hope every dense SS recipient who voted GOP realizes what they have done.
They are ruining this country. Plain and simple. And don't give a shit.
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Frisbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:44 PM
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6. They figure, "Hell, I don't have many years left,...
how bad can it get in the next 10-15 years?" I've got news for them, it may well get worse than your worst nightmares in the next TWO years! With the GOP gaining power, and a president who does little to fight them, there is no end to just how much damage will be done by 2012!
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Plucketeer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:45 PM
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21. They PROBABLY figure....
"I'm gonna hit the lottery soom. I can just FEEL it. Sure would hate to have to pay that bigger tax bill!" :crazy:
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:46 PM
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7. Why so many can't understand what the GOP is about is beyond me
Do some really like being shortchanged in favor of the rich and big corporations? Buying the "pull yourself up" line while those who got rich were often helped by government in some way?
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CurtEastPoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:48 PM
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8. God, guns and teh gayzzzz.... n/t
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:54 PM
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9. Good point
Bigotry, misinformation on the gun issue, and religious extremism plays right into Repuke hands.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:43 PM
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20. Give it a little more time..
they will be crying before its over. Some are now and trying to pretend that they didn't vote for these fuckers..
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Downwinder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 05:56 PM
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10. Another $250 I won't put into the local economy.
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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:34 PM
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17. Me too! It's really a stimulus! What's wrong with these repukes!
Of course they'll say in 2012 that H.R. 5987 in 2010 was defeated in a Democratic Congress! Will they ever stop?
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Mark D. Donating Member (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:06 PM
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11. Sadly
Disproportionate numbers of seniors, compared to other age brackets, especially the under 30 crowd,
will vote AGAINST their interests and vote GOP for the G, G, G issues. There are no words for this.
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:09 PM
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12. Feingold voted Nay. Ben Nelson voted Yea. WTF? (nt)
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TomCADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 08:47 PM
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29. Feingold Is A Deficit Hawk, Nelson Is Just A Closet Republican...
...who does not really care about the deficit.
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asjr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:12 PM
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13. The Republican party should be outlawed. This
will be the third year for seniors to have the same amount. I would spend that $250 tomorrow! I am only going to be able to get Christmas gifts for 3 grandchildren; two will get a twenty-dollar bill and the other who is 3 will get a learning toy.
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:12 PM
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14. Why the hell would Obama even try to work with these people
They ARE the enemy - not of the Dems - but of the American people.

If he would stand and fight we could shame them into voting for these things - but for some unexplainable reason - that does not happen. The republicans know all they have to do is just say NO to everything the Dems and Obama want who respond by going - OK republicans, you've got the minority in the senate, the house, and a Dem president, but lets do it your way.

WTF?! It boggles the mind.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:56 PM
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23. This has been going on..
with every thing the President has put forward but the media and many others try to pretend the Dems have been blocking everything they are the reason the healthcare bill was watered down..
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:34 PM
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16. I guess us old folks should just fucking die and get out of the way, then...
Fuck all republicans, several times each.

mark
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williesgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:41 PM
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19. Sen Warner, VA, voted Nay???? I'll be calling him tomorrow, he's seen the last
Edited on Wed Dec-08-10 07:11 PM by williesgirl
of this senior's support - fuck him the wealthy bastard.

Edited to add: Just sent him a blistering email telling him he's lost a supporter from when he was bidding to be our Governor and then Senator. Told him it's time to find a REAL Democrat and that he can count on be "primaried" and I'll work my ass off to help his challenger.
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SoapBox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:54 PM
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22. How warm and fuzzy, during Christmas, of the Party of No.
Edited on Wed Dec-08-10 06:55 PM by SoapBox
You just keep up on doing what you RushThug/T.HaterBaggers do
best...Just say NO to everyone that is not a millionaire or billionaire.

...keep those damned elderly in the poor house.

Oh...and Merry Christmas.

(heavy snarkage above)
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:57 PM
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24.  i could have gotten my electric bill paid on time....oh well
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:59 PM
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25. Pretty amazing when you realize it was the 65+ crowd that swept the GOP into office.
Repukes send their "thanks" only to millionaires and billionaires, their lone true constituency.
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 07:34 PM
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26. Also amazing that there was not one provision in the
deal for the Mega Rich Tax Cuts that so much as tipped hat to the older Americans. The President got them nothing.
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Hawaii Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 07:44 PM
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27. It's also amazing that many millionaires/billionaires who will benefit from the tax break
are from Manhattan and West Los Angeles, areas that vote overwelmingly democratic....
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 08:17 PM
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28. In this case, it isn't about the votes
It is about the $$
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