Michelle Calls Barack a "Kenyan"

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Originally Posted by Riot

Yes, the GOP "should" take alot of seats this fall - that's normal in any election following where the Pres and Congress/Senate are the same party.

Right now, though, the talk is that the GOP will not be able to take what they "should". I read something today where Arizona is blowing back in their faces of the GOP with the Hispanic vote in a big, and probably permanent, way - the GOP congressional candidates have suddenly lost ground (tons of percentage points) in the past month (Colorado, Arizona, Nevada) But there's lots of time to go yet.

Rand Paul wants to build an underground electric fence to protect Arizona. Angle is batshiat crazy - they are literally hiding her from the press exposure, fearful of what she'll say. Palin's Legal Defense Fund was just found illegal today, she has to give back the money to donors. The GOP just filibustered unemployment extensions and the Doc fix for medicare harming thousands of Americans. GOP Congressmen and letting British Petroleum hold campaign fundraisers for them.

We'll see ! A whole lot going on ...

The GOP should get Congress, not the Senate. We'll see.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...NewsCollection

Jobless Bill Dies Amid Deficit Fears

By GREG HITT And SARA MURRAY
WASHINGTON—Spooked by concern about deficits, the Senate shelved a spending bill that included an extension of unemployment benefits, suddenly cutting off a federal cash spigot opened by President Barack Obama when he took office 18 months ago.

The collapse of the wide-ranging legislation means that a total of 1.3 million unemployed Americans will have lost their assistance by the end of this week. It will also leave a number of states with large budget holes they had expected to fill with federal cash to help with Medicaid costs.

The impasse has been weeks in the making and reflects the deepening concern on Capitol Hill with the nation's fiscal situation, as well as a hardening of Republican opposition. Democrats had moved several times to pare the cost of the bill in an effort to win support from centrist Republicans and to make up defections from their own ranks.

On Thursday, Senate Democrats failed to secure the 60 votes needed to break off a GOP-led filibuster. Sen. Ben Nelson (D., Neb.) voted with Republicans in a 57-41 roll call. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) said this third vote on the matter would be the last, allowing the Senate to move on to modest legislation cutting taxes for small businesses.




Other economists argue that extended benefits have played a part in keeping people out of the labor force. "There's a very large body of research that says that more generous benefits and benefits that last longer…encourage people to stay out of work longer," said Bruce Meyer, an economist and public policy professor at the University of Chicago.

James Sherk, a labor economics analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, said that while it could be argued that the benefits made available last year were too extensive, cutting off workers who expected to receive the full 99 weeks of benefits isn't ideal either. "You don't sort of pull the rug out from someone halfway through," he said.


and we wonder why we're going broke...99 weeks? wow.



and the last paragraph:

One element that will survive in a different form: a proposal to suspend a 21% cut in Medicare payments to doctors that's set to take effect this month. That was stripped from the bill last week in a cost-cutting step and sent to the House as a stand-alone measure. The House, voting 417 to 1, approved the six-month suspension of the cuts late Thursday

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http://mobile2.wsj.com/device/articl...ctions_opinion

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

One element that will survive in a different form: a proposal to suspend a 21% cut in Medicare payments to doctors that's set to take effect this month. That was stripped from the bill last week in a cost-cutting step and sent to the House as a stand-alone measure. The House, voting 417 to 1, approved the six-month suspension of the cuts late Thursday

Let's hope the Senate approves it. Doubtful.

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Originally Posted by Riot

Let's hope the Senate approves it. Doubtful.

the senate already approved it, on the 18th....with the house having approved it, it only needs the prez to sign.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

the senate already approved it, on the 18th....with the house having approved it, it only needs the prez to sign.

Ah, gotch ya.