Obama signs emergency bill to halt teacher layoffs

[bushisanidiot]

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."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100810/ap_on_bi_ge/us_jobs_bill

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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!!!!!

[mcollins]

1. My rightwing neighbor said that this bill

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

[bushisanidiot]

4. must've been the repukes only contribution

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[Monique1]

8. Here you mcollins

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/08/food_stamps_or_teachers_congre.html

[notadmblnd]

9. Really, a wingnut concerned aboutsomeone not getting their welfare?

That's a first.

[Yupster]

12. That is the offset

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.

[MoonGlow]

18. Exactly so

[kratos12]

2. You know what would be nice?

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.

[bushisanidiot]

5. Hell yeah! Obama, despite dodging arrows from both the right and

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

SUCK IT, TEA BAGGERS! YOU LOSE!

[MichiganVote]

6. Its RTTT that is the problem, not Obama. But let's face it, O hasn't exactly praised teachers either

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.

[backtomn]

14. I have to admit.....

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. ;)

[MichiganVote]

3. The party of NO and No New Ideas working for the wealthy yet again.

[BadgerKid]

7. And by giveaway, they mean giving away to generally non-Republicans. n/t

[PSPS]

10. But it will die in the senate where we apparently need 100 votes to do anything.

[Yupster]

13. It already passed in the senate

President signing it today.

[PSPS]

16. Thanks for the clarification.

[cadmium]

11. This is really the big

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

[TomCADem]

15. K&R - Republicans Call Children A Special Interest!

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

[Vidar]

17. Good for Obama on this one.