Senate Jobs Bill Stalled

Politico reports that Senate Democrats "will miss their self-imposed deadline for bringing a jobs bill to the floor Monday," and while DC's major snowstorm may have played some role in the delay, "it seems unlikely that Democrats would have been ready to proceed Monday, anyway."

Although both parties say Washington should be focused on jobs -- January's unemployment rate came in Friday at 9.7 percent -- Democrats can't move a bill without 60 votes, and they control only 59.

And while the storm made negotiations more difficult, aides and lawmakers say there were substantive problems, too -- and that the difficulty of reaching agreement even on a relatively small jobs bill, packed with tax cuts backed by Republicans, illustrates the tough partisan politics of the Senate as it moves toward the elections this fall.

Aides say they still don't believe the bill will receive significant support from Republicans.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/senate-jobs-bill-misses-d_n_453399.html

We seem to be really screwed.

support from republicans.

magazine, radio station, and news network they can get to listen. The message needs to be that jobs aren't important to the Republican Party, and to the Americans out of work, the message from the GOP is YOU DON'T MATTER TO US! WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU!!

Then they need to point out that the tired plan of Republican tax cuts didn't create ONE SINGLE JOB NET during the Bush years. Nor did anything trickle down.

The Democrats need to start confronting this bullshit instead of lying down and being doormats for the GOP to wipe their feet on.

Really...are the Democrats this stupid? They need to do the same thing the GOP does for a change. The only difference is, the Dems can be honest and tell the truth about the other side, instead of having to make everything up.

Get a spine, Democrats! Christ on crutches!!

but only for the hills on the right.

Lincoln, Nelson, and other boo dogs completely misunderstand what is happening here. Then again, so is the White House.

So, it's a chicken and egg situation. The 3 stooges demand to be part of the process but wait until it's settled to raise their ugly heads.

Oh, let's not forget the 4th stooge ... Lieberman.

In fact why not just have the write the damn thing. I'm sure they can get their lobbyists on the phone through the snow.

Let's just go home and campaign. :puke:

...oh God...filibuster for real!

or 'fails?'