Senate Republicans kill the Democrats' infrastructure jobs bill

[ProSense]

Senate Republicans kill the Democrats' infrastructure jobs bill

by Joan McCarter

Senate Republicans, again, filibustered a component of President Obama's jobs bill, the Rebuild America Jobs Act. In any other world, it would have passed 51-47, but this is a Senate, so a majority vote means that the bill dies. Go USA!

This bill had $10 billion to establish an infrastructure bank, a proposal that has received plenty of Republican support in the past, as well as $50 billion in immediate funding for roads, bridges and airports, something else Republican Senators have supported in the past. When they were just blowing hot air. When it wasn't the nation's infrastructure and economy at stake.

The measure would have been funded by a 0.7 percent surtax on people making more than a million dollars a year, or about 1/500th of American citizens, who would have seen an increase of about 1/217th in their tax bill. Just in case you were left with any doubt over whether Republicans stood with the 1 percent or the 99 percent.

[valerief]

1. OF COURSE. nt

[FirstLight]

2. idiots

they just won;t change...no matter how loud we get...hmmm? well see if you like how loud we get over the next few months, asshats

[baldguy]

3. America's house is on fire in the desert

and the GOP isn't letting so much as a thimbleful of water touch it for fear of causing a flood.

[dennis4868]

4. It's Obama's fault....

he does not work for us anymore...he is with the corporations....he does not care about jobs....he is a king and can ignore congress and make laws on his own but what does he do...he puts his bill to a vote...he is really hurting us guys....we need to primary him right NOW!

Obama did the same thing with the public option (killed by Baucus) and the financial reform (watered down by Scott Brown to break a fillubuster(...why did he go to congress for this? He's a king and can pass the laws on his own and if he does goes to congress to get theor approval he is a failure and does not care about us anymore. :-(

[meow2u3]

5. You should see the comments on Facebook

This is coming from the Facebook page, "Americans Against the Tea Party":
https://www.facebook.com/NoTeaParty

One guy writes: The Republican RAID: Kills Jobs Dead :rofl: